{"product_id":"the-power-of-equivocation-complex-readers-and-readings-of-the-hebrew-bible-9781506478715","title":"The Power of Equivocation: Complex Readers and Readings of the Hebrew Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Equivocation\u003c\/i\u003e Amy Kalmanofsky addresses the Bible's inherent complexity as well as the complexity of those who seek to read the Bible critically, generously, and honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible invites what Kalmanofsky identifies as equivocal readings--readings that do not reach neat conclusions related to ideology or character. Kalmanofsky demonstrates the Bible's complicated artistry through her close readings of six biblical narratives that feature women: she examines culpability in the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife and shows how the Bible presents neither figure as a hero or villain; considers how the Bible's portrayal of Hannah both conforms to and also defies the Bible's patriarchal norms; how the Bible affords the rejected King Saul compassion and respect through a powerful yet unlawful medium from En-Dor; how Queen Esther overpowers men to become the equivocal hero of her eponymous book; how Tamar in Genesis 38, like Hannah, conforms to and challenges the Bible's patriarchal norms and how, like Esther, she is the equivocal hero of her story; and how the Bible presents Bathsheba as a complicated figure, both vulnerable and powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKalmanofsky draws from the challenges she personally feels as a feminist, as a Jew, and as a scholar to argue that equivocal readers like herself are best equipped to see the Bible's complex artistry. Equivocal feminist-religious readers are suspicious \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e generous readers who can expose the ways in which biblical texts empower and disempower women and who can provide essential insight about the Bible's theology and ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough her close readings, Kalmanofsky models what it means to be equivocal readers of an equivocal Bible. \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Equivocation\u003c\/i\u003e is marked by honesty and the celebration of a text that can never be read just one way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506478715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amy Kalmanofsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42314650845365,"sku":"9781506478715","price":28.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4cc91199-f241-489a-87f7-89d1420a0818.jpg?v=1659411933","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-power-of-equivocation-complex-readers-and-readings-of-the-hebrew-bible-9781506478715","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}