“Like a Garment Eaten by Moths” (Job 13:28): clothing, nudity and illness in the Book of Job
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 aesthetic dimensions, social contexts and functional roles of clothin...
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Brill Academic Publishers
2020
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