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 David Winick at David@REMOVETHISJudyKlitsner.com. See a sample program here.

Winner of the
2009 National Jewish Book Award
for Scholarship

This book was selected after careful analysis by a panel of three judges who are authorities in their field. It was chosen as the best written, most comprehensive, and engaging book in its category. [This] book now joins the ranks of the hundreds of well-respected, classic Jewish books that have received a National Jewish Book Award. The National Jewish Book Awards, now in its 59th year, is the longest-running program of its kind in North America. Awarded by the Jewish Book Council.

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 rediculously 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. If you don't have a friend, make one.

 — Daniel Scheide
Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter
May/June 2010

… the world's most intriguing book.

 — Jewish Tribune (Canada)
May 2010

“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.

 — Haaretz Book Review
May 2010

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.

 — Hadassah Magazine Book Review
April/May 2010

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.

 — Lilith Magazine book review
Spring 2010

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

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.

 — Women in Judaism:
A Multidisciplinary Journal
Winter 2009, Volume 6, Number 2

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