The transformation of Tamar (Genesis 38) in the history of Jewish interpretation
By: Esther Blachman
Series: Contributions to biblical exegesis & theology -- 71; Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology -- 71.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leuven; Paris; Walpole, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9789042930148
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish; Rabbinical literature; Jüdische Theologie; Criticism, interpretation; Rabbinismus; Bibel; Bible
Description: "This study traces the transformation of Tamar, beginning with the earliest interpreters such as the Targum, Philo, Pseudepigrapha, early Midrash and Talmud. It proceeds with the classic medieval commentators, the Hasidic writings, and feminist interpreters of the modern period"--Back cover.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (D.H.S.)--Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Los Angeles, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-369).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: An exegesis of Tamar's story; title: Tamar's figure in light of other biblical texts; title: The earliest interpreters : from biblical times to the turn of the common era; title: Other Second-Temple period texts; title: Philo of Alexandria and Josephus Flavius; title: Early rabbinic literature; title: Tamar in the Mishnah, Talmud, and Tosefta; title: The liturgical poetry of the sixth and seventh centuries; title: The medieval period; title: From Radak to Abrabanel; title: The Kabbalah; title: The postmedieval period; title: Summary and conclusion.