Editing Sheba (section)

=== Ethiopian and Yemenite tradition ===
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In the medieval Ethiopian cultural work called the [[Kebra Nagast]], Sheba was located in Ethiopia.<ref>Edward Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible (Oxford: University Press for the British Academy, 1968), p. 75</ref> Some scholars therefore point to a region in the northern [[Tigray Region|Tigray]] and [[Eritrea]] which was once called Saba (later called [[Meroe]]), as a possible link with the biblical Sheba.<ref>The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant: The True History of the Tablets of Moses, by [[Stuart Munro-Hay]]</ref> [[Donald N. Levine]] links Sheba with [[Shewa]] (the province where modern [[Addis Ababa]] is located) in Ethiopia.<ref>[[Donald N. Levine]], ''Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopia Culture'' (Chicago: University Press, 1972).</ref>

Traditional Yemenite genealogies also mention Saba, son of [[Qahtanite|Qahtan]]; Early Islamic historians identified Qahtan with the Yoqtan ([[Joktan]]) son of [[Eber]] ([[Hud (prophet)|Hūd]]) in the [[Hebrew Bible]] (Gen. 10:25-29). [[James Alan Montgomery|James A. Montgomery]] finds it difficult to believe that Qahtan was the biblical [[Joktan]] based on [[etymology]].<ref name="arabs">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0BdsFRX55cC&pg=PA45 |title=Arabs in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God's Prophetic Plan for Ishmael's Line |last=Maalouf |first=Tony |publisher=[[Kregel Academic]] |year=2003 |isbn=9780825493638 |page=45 |language=en |chapter=The Unfortunate Beginning (Gen. 16:1–6) |quote="This view is largely based on the claim of Muslim Arab historians that their oldest ancestor is Qahtan, whom they identify as the biblical Joktan (Gen. 10:25–26). Montgomery finds it difficult to reconcile Joktan with Qahtan based on etymology." |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180728141058/https://books.google.nl/books?id=A0BdsFRX55cC&pg=PA45&redir_esc=y%23v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=28 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=waris>{{cite web|last=Maqsood|first=Ruqaiyyah Waris|title=Adam to the Banu Khuza'ah|url=http://www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/articles/prophfamily1.htm|access-date=2015-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092744/http://www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/articles/prophfamily1.htm|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>