Not about sex!
Jan. 11th, 2008 12:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theyellowhobbitSo in a recent discussion I figured out that the majority of the papers I've been writing in the past year or so have been about sex, or at least have mentioned sex in them. The thesis was about miqva'ot and purity, and part of that pertained to sexual purity and thus sex. The Jewish Studies paper was about alternative miqvah usage, and also had a lot to do with sex.
This year's statistics:
Jewish History:
Paper 1: 8ish pages, not counting figures. About Qumran. They used miqva'ot a lot. They may or may not have allowed women. They may or may not have been having sex. If not sex, definitely about sects.
Paper 2: Stone vessels. No sex yet, though I'm not done with the paper. Also has sects.
Paul's letters:
Scholarly reflection paper 1: 2 pages. About Paul and Judiasm. No sex
Scholarly reflection paper 2: 2 pages. About Roman Imperial cult. No sex
Midterm: Q1: 2 pages. About Paul setting an example for the Corinthians. Minimal sex.
Q2: 3 pages. About slaves and sex.
Big paper: 8 pages. Wrote Corinthians 1A. Totally about sex.
Scholarly reflection paper 3: About the ways to interpret Paul in historical context and stuff. No sex.
History and Historiography:
Idrimi paper: About Idrimi. Not about sex.
Giant paper of Doom: Not about sex, and there will be no sex in it. Tons of violence, though.
So if we do a page count, there definitely is an overwhelming majority of sex papers. But this paper isn't getting any, (perhaps because I'm not getting any, but more likely because it would be completely off topic). Considering my perpetual lack of relationships, it's amusing that my papers usually end up being about sex.
This year's statistics:
Jewish History:
Paper 1: 8ish pages, not counting figures. About Qumran. They used miqva'ot a lot. They may or may not have allowed women. They may or may not have been having sex. If not sex, definitely about sects.
Paper 2: Stone vessels. No sex yet, though I'm not done with the paper. Also has sects.
Paul's letters:
Scholarly reflection paper 1: 2 pages. About Paul and Judiasm. No sex
Scholarly reflection paper 2: 2 pages. About Roman Imperial cult. No sex
Midterm: Q1: 2 pages. About Paul setting an example for the Corinthians. Minimal sex.
Q2: 3 pages. About slaves and sex.
Big paper: 8 pages. Wrote Corinthians 1A. Totally about sex.
Scholarly reflection paper 3: About the ways to interpret Paul in historical context and stuff. No sex.
History and Historiography:
Idrimi paper: About Idrimi. Not about sex.
Giant paper of Doom: Not about sex, and there will be no sex in it. Tons of violence, though.
So if we do a page count, there definitely is an overwhelming majority of sex papers. But this paper isn't getting any, (perhaps because I'm not getting any, but more likely because it would be completely off topic). Considering my perpetual lack of relationships, it's amusing that my papers usually end up being about sex.
