“Like a Garment Eaten by Moths” (Job 13
(28): Clothing, Nudity and Illness in the Book of Job
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21585997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynne Quick (0000-0001-5497-9160, University of Worcester, corresponding author), Laura Quick (0009-0004-3774-4588, Worcester College, Oxford, UK, [email protected]) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-65 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biblical Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0927-2569 • E-ISSN: 1568-5152 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685152-00284p10 |
| OpenAlex | W3096116731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
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 on sociological and anthropological approaches to dress and the body, I argue that dress and nudity are connected to and in fact a key part of Job’s experience of illness. By unpacking these ideas, we can better comprehend ancient Israelite conceptions of medical anthropology, as well as embodiment more generally
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Biblical studies · Clothing · Hebrew Bible · Linguistics · Literature · Sociology · Textile · Unpacking · Computer Science · Development, Ethics, and Society · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |