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Subversive Sequels in the Bible:
How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other |
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| In this fresh look at ancient stories, Judy Klitsner's new book pairs biblical stories in bold, surprising ways to show how a later text will often comment on, or even subvert, an earlier one. With her fresh, original readings of familiar narratives, Klitsner illustrates the dynamic nature of biblical attitudes regarding issues of ongoing relevance, such as the self, gender relations, and relations between Jews and non-Jews. |
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(Read an excerpt from the book)
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Winner of the
2009 National Jewish Book Award
for Scholarship
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The book is available now at the following stores:
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Judy Klitsner is a senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she has been teaching Bible and biblical exegesis for more than two decades. A disciple of the renowned Torah teacher Nehama Leibowitz, Klitsner has had a profound impact on a generation of students, many of whom now serve as teachers and heads of Jewish studies programs in the US, Israel and the UK. Judy is a popular international speaker whose lectures are abundant with original insights that are based on her close readings of texts; all of her lectures are presented in a distinctively dynamic and interactive style. Judy is the author of Subversive Sequels in the Bible: How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other, originally published by the Jewish Publication Society and just released in paperback by Koren publishers. Her book was awarded a 2009 National Jewish Book Award. More at www.judyklitsner.com.
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Do yourself a favor. Don't bother with the rest of my review; just buy this book and start reading it. The first chapter… overflows with insights that seem so ridiculously obvious once someone else has pointed them out, it seems impossible not to have noticed them before. Subversive Sequels is very readable and Klitsner takes great care to write in a way that respects both traditional and academic approaches to the biblical text. Buy this book for your library, get yourself a copy and buy one for a friend. |
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Daniel Scheide
Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter
May/June 2010 |
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… the world's most intriguing book. |
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Jewish Tribune (Canada)
May 2010 |
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“Subversive
Sequels in the Bible” … achieves a
modicum of eternity. Klitsner offers the
reader a fascinating dialogue between biblical
narratives… Although based on much scholarship,
the volume is not an academic work.
Its lively flowing style and profound articulation
make it accessible to the intelligent
layman who can only delight in Klitsner's
creative analysis. |
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— Haaretz Book Review
May 2010 |
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Judy Klitsner's award-winning first book challenges her readers to take a fresh look at familiar biblical characters. Klitsner's refusal to gloss over the Bible's complexity and ambiguity lends to rich readings of the text. Her literary approach examines repeated Hebrew roots to unearth hidden meaning, and extensive textual references engage masters and novices alike. Quoting Abraham Joshua Heschel, who says the Bible “speaks in every language and in every age,” Klitsner addresses head-on the challenges of finding modern-day relevance in the Bible, especially in relation to women's issues. She analyzes without apologizing, leaving the reader with much to consider. |
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— Hadassah Magazine Book Review
April/May 2010 |
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Some of her insights are startling… Her sensitivity to language and structure … enables her to compare and contrast … episodes that on initial reading bear no relationship to one another, but which, on deeper analysis, yield important insights into the human capacity to change and grow. |
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— Lilith Magazine book review
Spring 2010 |
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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. |
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— JOFA Journal book review
Spring 2010 |
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Judy Klitsner's Subversive Sequels in the Bible is a closely reasoned, tightly argued challenging
and provocative study of biblical texts… This work is a treasure of brilliant analyses and textual connections… Klitsner knows
her Bible and demonstrates her familiarity with both the traditional commentators that one finds
in a Rabbinic Bible (Miqra'ot Gedolot) as well as more modern commentators and exegetes. |
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— Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Winter 2009 |
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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. |
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— Avivah Zornberg
Torah scholar and author |
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Engaging, instructive, and accessible… Klitsner offers a work that both general readers and academics, Jews and non-Jews alike, will appreciate.
SUMMING UP: Recommended.
Lower-level undergraduates through researchers / faculty; general readers. |
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— Choice Magazine, Association of College and Research Libraries
Reviewed by A.J. Levine, Vanderbilt University,
October 2010 |
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