The Twisted Tale of Tamar and Judah Explained [Genesis 38]

In Genesis 38 the story of Judah and Tamar is strange and cruel. However, this twisted tale is actually a reflection of the politics of ancient Israel and tribe of Judah's rise to prominence.
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SOURCES:
--- On Genesis 38and 49 as the work of a “Judah” editor:
- Thomas Römer, "The Joseph Story in the Book of Genesis: Pre-P or Post-P?
- F. Ede, Die Josefsgeschichte
- Raymond De Hoop, Genesis 49 in its literary and historical context, vol. 39 (Brill, 2021), 619-20.
- Redford, A Study of the Biblical Story of Joseph
- Sparks, "Genesis 49 and the tribal list tradition in ancient Israel”
- J. Sykora, Judah and Saul in the Narratives of Genesis and 1 Samuel
- Mark A O'Brien, "The contribution of Judah's speech, Genesis 44: 18-34, to the characterization of Joseph"
- Robert Letellier, Creation, Sin and Reconciliation: Reading Primordial and Patriarchal Narrative in the Book of Genesis
- Victor P Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50, vol. 1
- Meike Röhrig, "Zur Literarkritik und Redaktionsgeschichte der alttestamentlichen Josefserzählung"
--- On the moral reflections on the character of Tamar:
- Tamar’s Legacy: The Early Reception of Genesis 38 Julianna Kaye Smith
- Susan Niditch, "The Wronged Woman Righted: An Analysis of Genesis 38," Harvard Theological Review 72, no. 1-2 (1979): 146.
- Marina H Hofman, "Tamar as the Unsung Hero of Genesis 38" (Master of Arts McMaster Divinity College, 2007).
- Walter Brueggemann, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary on Genesis (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982), 309.
--- On the context of Levirate Marriage:
- Cheryl Strimple, "Widows and Justice: Law, Narrative, and Identity Discourse," Society of Biblical Literature Meeting (November 2009): 7.
--- Tamar in Jewish thought:
- "What a breach you have made for yourself" The History of Jewish Interpretations of Genesis 38, Maayan Lustigrnan

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[@texasjulia]

Great explanation. Makes sense because it says that God took away his Mercy from Saul (because of Saul’s actions).

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I vaguely remember someone making a connection from this story to the tale of David and Tamar, almost as if someone wrote the latter as a commentary on the former. I’m curious if you saw anything about this in your research

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Josef Sykora has a few pages on this in Unfavored. There'll be other references cited in there too for further reading.

[@StorytimeJesus]

Beware the sheepshearing festival. Judah and Tamar seal the deal at the sheepshearing festival. Absalom kills Tamar's rapist at the sheepshearing festival. And Abigail's husband dies from drinking too much at the sheepshearing festival. What does David and Abigail have to do with this? David has a sister named Abigail. Wife Abigail has an odd named child, who is otherwise unmentioned. Sister Abigail is mother to Amasa, a major player in the rebellion by Absalom. His father is in some manuscripts an Israelite, in others an Ishmaelite, and it says, oddly, he went into to her. Odd phrasing. Perhaps there is a rape of Abigail story overwritten, behind these tales. As far as evil people being used for great stories, Absalom's rebellion is a major contributor to the story of Jesus of Nazareth. Things I think unique to the two stroylines (JayNaz and Absalom) are Forgiveness at the Jordan River, A walk while being taunted, Death by hanging in a tree, speared in the side while hanging in a tree, location exposed by someone who was offered money, king of Jerusalem, victorious entrance to Jerusalem, Advisor killed himself by hanging himself, Advisor killed by gutting and wallowing in a field, and the famous false kiss of betrayal. The story is referenced heavily by second Zechariah, from which the gospel writers mined quotes to point the reader to the rebellion of Absalom.

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