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- Title
Seduction and Recognition in the Story of Judah and Tamar and the Book of Ruth.
- Authors
Adelman, Rachel
- Abstract
The seduction of Lot by his daughters (Gen. 19:30--38) and of Judah by his daughter-in-law Tamar (Gen. 38), and the near-seduction of Boaz by Ruth the Moabite (Ruth 3), constitute the problematic background of the Davidic dynasty. In this article, I compare these three stories of female subterfuge and suggest that a ''redemptive'' thread can be traced over time. Following the deployment in these texts of the Hebrew verbs ''to know'' ( y,d, '') and ''to recognize'' ( n,k,r) indicates an increasing acknowledgment of the other over the course of these narratives, towards an embrace of the stranger ''under the wings of God'' (Ruth 2:12). I suggest that this movement does not necessarily entail a breach of the Law--of the taboo against incest or forbidden marriage--but rather a redefinition of its line.
- Subjects
SEDUCTION; JUDAH (Biblical figure); TAMAR (Biblical figure), daughter of King David; BOAZ (Biblical figure); RUTH (Biblical figure); DECEPTION
- Publication
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2012, Issue 23, p87
- ISSN
0793-8934
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.2979/nashim.23.87