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.
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