About Judy Klitsner
A senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Judy Klitsner has been teaching the Jewish bible and Jewish biblical exegesis for nearly two decades. A disciple of the great Torah teacher Nechama Leibowitz, Klitsner has had a profound impact on thousands of students, many of whom now serve as teachers and heads of Jewish studies programs. Klitsner lectures widely in Israel, the U.S., and Europe. In her teaching and in her writing, Klitsner weaves together traditional exegesis, modern scholarship, and her own original interpretations that are informed by close readings of the text. Judy Klitsner is the author of the new book, Subversive Sequels in the Bible (Jewish Publication Society); more information can be found at www.JudyKlitsner.com.

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For More Information
To find out more about Subversive Sequels in the Bible, or to book Judy Klitsner to speak at your institution or event, please contact Fern Reiss at Publicity@REMOVETHISJudyKlitsner.com. See a sample program here.

Just Announced!
Winner of the
2009 National Jewish Book Award
for Scholarship

In this ground-breaking book, Judy Klitsner presides over a conversation between pairs, or sequences, of biblical narratives... Her alert ear and vigorous writing style reveal new intertextual structures, within which later narratives reconsider earlier ones, revising and often redeeming them... A moral and religious passion animates this innovative study.

 — Avivah Zornberg
Torah scholar and author

Klitsner combines classical Jewish close readings of biblical narratives with deep modern literary insights. The results are often astonishing.

 — Martin Lockshin
Professor of Jewish Studies
York University

Subversive Sequels provocatively explores the intricate manner with which biblical texts challenge each other... [it] also examines the radical consequences of such exchanges.

 — Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
Professor of Bible, Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute of Religion

Klitsner brings a new and gripping approach to the pivotal narrative of biblical women. Most compelling is how certain chapters that read as chronicles of exclusion and inequality evolve into stories of inclusion and empowerment.

 — Daniel Landes, Director
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Jerusalem

Klitsner's forte is demonstrating how the careful reading of one related biblical narrative can alter or extend our appreciation of another, yielding rich new insights. Klitsner's writing is carefully considered and always lucid, … providing sufficient proof texts so that beginners less familiar with the Bible and more advanced students will find the ideas and their presentation illuminating and fascinating … I'm already looking forward to the next volume.

 — Jerusalem Post book review, January 7, 2010, Barbara Sofer

This is insightful, top-cabin Jewish biblical scholarship. The author, a biblical scholar and exegete, unpacks surprising and revelatory meaning when she compares various biblical stories. Klitsner's work is evidence that words thousands of years old continue to hold new and deep meaning for people who arrive long after they were written.

 — Faith Matters Weblog, November 2009, Bill Tammeus

Singularly faithful to the biblical text, which Klitsner reads closely and with great respect, this book is fascinating and radical in its implications and inspires the reader to see surprising connections in language and in themes.

 — JOFA Journal book review
Spring 2010

Written with a minimum of academic jargon, this work is accessible, enjoyable and valuable to scholar and layperson alike and may be one of a very few examples of literary close readings of Hebrew texts that brings the sophistication of ancient Hebrew literature to the English speaking public.

 — Henri Zukier, Associate Professor of Psychology and History
The New School for Social Research