Lynne Quick
Biographic Data
| ID | 122174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynne Quick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynne |
| FAMILY NAME | Quick |
| SIGNATURE | QUICK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5497-9160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Poetry and Textual Criticism in 4Q184
Various text critical issues problematize our interpretation of the portion of 4Q184 which describes the woman's body. In the interpretation and analysis of ancient literary products, textual criticism is often employed as the first stage of literary criticism. But in this paper, I argue that literary criticism and textual criticism should go hand-in-hand. If we understand the poetics of a particular literary product, the various conventions or r…
Gender Studies and Kings
The name of the books of Kings suggests a focus entirely upon masculine rulers. In fact, the books of Kings present a cross section of the professional, political, and religious roles held by women in ancient Israel and Judah. Beyond highlighting female-specific roles from the text, the text reflects and constructs a specific orientation toward gender. The books of Kings describe and normalize various qualities and roles that were considered appr…
Gowns, Crowns, and the Marriage Metaphor
In this essay, I consider the specifics of the language and imagery of dressing and undressing in Ezekiel 16. Jerusalem is dressed in an embroidered garment, along with other items of dress and adornment. These items occur in a variety of contexts in biblical and ancient Jewish literature: as the dress appropriate for cultic functionaries as well as the Tabernacle, and to dress angels and deities. In fact, I argue that these two usages are connec…
Detextualizing and Retextualizing the Torah
The book of Deuteronomy develops a remarkable interplay between the oral and the written, the ritual and the textual. Already in the earliest reception of the book, the inner-biblical reference to the discovery of the »book of the law« by Josiah in 2 Kgs 22, we find a similar interplay between a written text and the public performance of reading. In the Exagoge of Ezekiel Tragicus, this idea is taken to its fullest articulation, and the story of …
Bitenosh’s Orgasm, Galen’s Two Seeds and Conception Theory in the Hebrew Bible
In the Genesis Apocryphon, Lamech worries that his son is illegitimate and accordingly confronts his wife about her fidelity. Bitenosh answers these accusations with a surprising response: she asks her husband to recall the sexual pleasure that she experienced during their intercourse. Scholars have clarified this rhetorical strategy by connecting the episode to Greco-Roman theories of embryogenesis, in which a woman’s pleasure during intercourse…
Ecosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa
Despite advances in our understanding of the geographic and temporal scope of the Paleolithic record, we know remarkably little about the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changes in human behavior. Recent inquiries suggest that human evolution reflects a long history of interconnections between the behavior of humans and their surrounding ecosystems (e.g., niche construction). Developing expectations to identify such phenomena is remar…
Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy
The law code of the book of Deuteronomy is capped with a series of blessings and curses that either promise reward or threaten harm upon the individuals subject to the Deuteronomic laws. While this method of divine encouragement to keep the commandments of God might seem surprising from a theological point of view, blessings and curses were an integral part of the legal, political, and religious life of the ancient Near East, found in a variety o…
The Hidden Body as Literary Strategy in 4QWiles of the Wicked Woman (4Q184)
The short sapiential poem known as 4QWiles of the Wicked Woman (4Q184) describes the body of an unnamed female who ensnares the righteous into sin and ultimately death. This poetic description of a body has sometimes been compared to the Waṣf , a type of poem which provides a thick description of the body, listing and describing body parts in a movement descending from head to toe. In this essay, I explore the description of the woman’s body in 4…
“Like a Garment Eaten by Moths” (Job 13
The book of Job provides the most complex and detailed descriptions of illness in biblical literature. Less explored are the frequent references made in the text to dressing and undressing. These references demonstrate the various dimensions, contexts and functional roles of clothing in the world of the Hebrew Bible. But as well as references to actual textile items, the book of Job also refers to clothing in a much more symbolic sense. Drawing o…
Averting Curses in the Law of War (Deuteronomy 20)
This essay explores the military exemption of Deut 20:5–7 in light of the futility curse in Deut 28:30. By uncovering the social and ritual contexts of the futility curse, I argue that Deut 20:5–7 can be productively understood as a warfare ritual against the curse. I explore the ritual dimensions of Deut 20:5–7 in light of rituals for avoiding curses and maledictions from the ancient Near East, arguing that the original Sitz im Leben of these ve…
My Lord the Queen
Gender discord describes a phenomenon in Biblical Hebrew in which there is a disjuncture between the gender of a pronoun or verb with its antecedent or subject. Typically, scholarship has approached instances of this on the basis of historical Hebrew grammar, arguing that there was a weakening in the distinction of gender in the Second Temple period and hence the feminine plural suffix became subsumed under its masculine counterpart. On the other…
Gender and Philology's Uncommon Sense
Gender and Philologys Uncommon Sense
A 19.5 kyr vegetation history from the central Cederberg Mountains, South Africa
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A 19.5 kyr vegetation history from the central Cederberg Mountains, South Africa
My Lord the Queen
Gender discord describes a phenomenon in Biblical Hebrew in which there is a disjuncture between the gender of a pronoun or verb with its antecedent or subject. Typically, scholarship has approached instances of this on the basis of historical Hebrew grammar, arguing that there was a weakening in the distinction of gender in the Second Temple period and hence the feminine plural suffix became subsumed under its masculine counterpart. On the other…
Gender and Philology's Uncommon Sense
Gender and Philologys Uncommon Sense
Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy
The law code of the book of Deuteronomy is capped with a series of blessings and curses that either promise reward or threaten harm upon the individuals subject to the Deuteronomic laws. While this method of divine encouragement to keep the commandments of God might seem surprising from a theological point of view, blessings and curses were an integral part of the legal, political, and religious life of the ancient Near East, found in a variety o…
The Hidden Body as Literary Strategy in 4QWiles of the Wicked Woman (4Q184)
The short sapiential poem known as 4QWiles of the Wicked Woman (4Q184) describes the body of an unnamed female who ensnares the righteous into sin and ultimately death. This poetic description of a body has sometimes been compared to the Waṣf , a type of poem which provides a thick description of the body, listing and describing body parts in a movement descending from head to toe. In this essay, I explore the description of the woman’s body in 4…
“Like a Garment Eaten by Moths” (Job 13
The book of Job provides the most complex and detailed descriptions of illness in biblical literature. Less explored are the frequent references made in the text to dressing and undressing. These references demonstrate the various dimensions, contexts and functional roles of clothing in the world of the Hebrew Bible. But as well as references to actual textile items, the book of Job also refers to clothing in a much more symbolic sense. Drawing o…
Averting Curses in the Law of War (Deuteronomy 20)
This essay explores the military exemption of Deut 20:5–7 in light of the futility curse in Deut 28:30. By uncovering the social and ritual contexts of the futility curse, I argue that Deut 20:5–7 can be productively understood as a warfare ritual against the curse. I explore the ritual dimensions of Deut 20:5–7 in light of rituals for avoiding curses and maledictions from the ancient Near East, arguing that the original Sitz im Leben of these ve…
Bitenosh’s Orgasm, Galen’s Two Seeds and Conception Theory in the Hebrew Bible
In the Genesis Apocryphon, Lamech worries that his son is illegitimate and accordingly confronts his wife about her fidelity. Bitenosh answers these accusations with a surprising response: she asks her husband to recall the sexual pleasure that she experienced during their intercourse. Scholars have clarified this rhetorical strategy by connecting the episode to Greco-Roman theories of embryogenesis, in which a woman’s pleasure during intercourse…
Ecosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa
Despite advances in our understanding of the geographic and temporal scope of the Paleolithic record, we know remarkably little about the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changes in human behavior. Recent inquiries suggest that human evolution reflects a long history of interconnections between the behavior of humans and their surrounding ecosystems (e.g., niche construction). Developing expectations to identify such phenomena is remar…
Detextualizing and Retextualizing the Torah
The book of Deuteronomy develops a remarkable interplay between the oral and the written, the ritual and the textual. Already in the earliest reception of the book, the inner-biblical reference to the discovery of the »book of the law« by Josiah in 2 Kgs 22, we find a similar interplay between a written text and the public performance of reading. In the Exagoge of Ezekiel Tragicus, this idea is taken to its fullest articulation, and the story of …
Gowns, Crowns, and the Marriage Metaphor
In this essay, I consider the specifics of the language and imagery of dressing and undressing in Ezekiel 16. Jerusalem is dressed in an embroidered garment, along with other items of dress and adornment. These items occur in a variety of contexts in biblical and ancient Jewish literature: as the dress appropriate for cultic functionaries as well as the Tabernacle, and to dress angels and deities. In fact, I argue that these two usages are connec…
Poetry and Textual Criticism in 4Q184
Various text critical issues problematize our interpretation of the portion of 4Q184 which describes the woman's body. In the interpretation and analysis of ancient literary products, textual criticism is often employed as the first stage of literary criticism. But in this paper, I argue that literary criticism and textual criticism should go hand-in-hand. If we understand the poetics of a particular literary product, the various conventions or r…
Gender Studies and Kings
The name of the books of Kings suggests a focus entirely upon masculine rulers. In fact, the books of Kings present a cross section of the professional, political, and religious roles held by women in ancient Israel and Judah. Beyond highlighting female-specific roles from the text, the text reflects and constructs a specific orientation toward gender. The books of Kings describe and normalize various qualities and roles that were considered appr…
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