Jill Hicks-Keeton, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Oklahoma

Jill Hicks-Keeton is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where she is also affiliate faculty in Judaic Studies. She taught previously at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. In 2018, she was recognized as a Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar, having been nominated by the Southwestern Region.

Winner of the 2020 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise

"A lively study, I recommend the incorporation of Arguing with Aseneth into all libraries supporting the study of early Judaism and/or Christianity without reservation." - Michael Kochenash, Hunan University, Religious Studies Review

"Arguing with Aseneth is to be commended for its engaging prose, provocative and carefully-argued thesis, and treatment of various Second Temple traditions that productively inform Joseph and Aseneth. It is essential reading not only for those working on Joseph and Aseneth, but for all who engage in the context and literature of Second Temple Judaism." - Nicholas A. Elder, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Journal for the Study of Judaism

"...This book is an important contribution to the question of Jewish attitudes to Gentiles in Hellenistic Judaism, raising questions that go far beyond the particular case of Joseph and Aseneth." - John J. Collins, Yale University, The Journal of Religion

"Joseph and Aseneth presents an intriguing query into the function and intention of universal language. ...Hicks-Keeton participates in broader trends in the study of early Judaism which recognizes that later works incorporating scriptural stories did not merely comment on scriptural stories but crafted new tales of their own — tales informed by the author's own historical contexts, concerns, and aspirations. The author of Joseph and Aseneth used the biblical story as a gateway to voice their own conceptions of Jewishness amidst a landscape of cultural contestation. Hicks-Keeton in Arguing with Aseneth listens to that creative voice and imagines the stakes of Aseneth's story for God-worshipping gentiles." - Krista N. Dalton, Reading Religion