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  In the Book of Genesis, Tamar (/'te?m?r/; Hebrew: ??????, Modern Tamar Tiberian Tamar ; date palm, pronounced ['tamar]) was the daughter-in-law of Judah (twice), as well as the mother of two of his children: the twins Perez and Zerah
  
  Genesis narrative
  
  In Genesis chapter 38, Tamar is first described as marrying Judah's eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by Yahweh.[2] By way of a Levirate union,[3] Judah asked his second son, Onan, to provide offspring for Tamar so that the family line might continue. However, Onan performed coitus interruptus because any child born would not be his own to claim. His actions were deemed wicked by Yahweh and so, like his older brother, he died prematurely. At this point, Judah is portrayed as viewing Tamar to be cursed, and is therefore reluctant to give his remaining and youngest son Shelah, to her. Rather, he told Tamar to wait for Shelah. However, even after he grew up, Judah did not give Tamar to Shelah in marriage. (Genesis 38:6-14)
  Tamar and Judah
  Judah and Tamar, school of Rembrandt
  
  At the time Shelah grew up, Judah became a widower. After Judah mourned the death of his wife, he planned on going to Timnah to shear his sheep. Upon hearing this news, Tamar disguised herself as a prostitute and immediately went to Enaim which was en route to Judah's destination. Upon arriving at Enaim, Judah saw the woman but did not recognize her as Tamar because of the veil she wore over her face. Thinking she was a prostitute, he requested her services. Tamar's plan was to become pregnant by this ruse in order to bear a child in Judah's line, because Judah hadn't given her to his son Shelah. So she played the part of a prostitute and struck a deal with Judah for a goat with a security deposit of his staff, seal, and cord. When Judah was able to have a goat sent to Enaim, in order to collect his staff and seal, the woman was nowhere to be found and no one knew of any prostitute in Enaim. (Genesis 38:12-23)
  
  Three months later, Tamar was accused of prostitution on account of her pregnancy. Upon hearing this news, Judah ordered that she be burned to death. Tamar sent the staff, seal, and cord to Judah with a message declaring that the owner of these items was the man who had made her pregnant. Upon recognizing his security deposit, Judah released Tamar from her sentence and accordingly she was able to give birth to twins, Perez and Zerah. Perez is said to be the ancestor of King David. The Genesis narrative also makes a note that Judah did not have further sexual relations with Tamar. (Genesis 38:24-30)
  
  According to Ethiopic tradition, Perez became the king of Persia.[4]
  Narrative criticism
  
  Literary critics have focused on the relationship between the Judah story in chapter 38, and the Joseph story in chapters 37 and 39. Victor Hamilton notes some “intentional literary parallels” between the chapters, such as the exhortation to “identify” (38:25-26 and 37:32-33).[5] J. A. Emerton regards the connections as evidence for including chapter 38 in the J corpus, and suggests that the J writer dovetailed the Joseph and Judah traditions.[6] Derek Kidner points out that the insertion of chapter 38 “creates suspense for the reader ,”[7] but Robert Alter goes further and suggests it is a result of the “brilliant splicing of sources by a literary artist.” He notes that the same verb “identify” will play “a crucial thematic role in the dénouement of the Joseph story when he confronts his brothers in Egypt, he recognizing them, they failing to recognize him."[8]
  
  J. A. Emerton also suggests that the Judah and Tamar narrative contains “aetiological motifs concerned with the eponymous ancestors of the clans of Judah.”[9] Emerton notes that Dillman and Noth considered the account of the deaths of Er and Onan to “reflect the dying out of two clans of Judah bearing their names, or at least of their failure to maintain a separate existence.” However, this view was “trenchantly criticized” by Thomas L. Thompson.[9]
  Jewish views
  
  According to the Talmud, Judah's confession of guilt itself atoned for some of his prior faults, and resulted in his being divinely rewarded by a share in the future world.[10] The Talmud also suggests that Tamar's actions were for the purpose of avoiding Judah's humiliation,[11][12] although the Genesis Rabbah portrays her as boastful and unashamed in regard to the pregnancy itself.[13]
  
  Both the Genesis Rabbah and Talmud state that Tamar was an Israelite,[14][15] and that Judah ended up marrying her and had further sexual liaisons with her as a result.[16]
  Chronological issues
  
  Together with the brief preceding narrative of the birth of Er, Onan, and Shelah, and the subsequent narrative of the birth of Perez's children, the passage is often regarded as presenting a significant chronological issue, since it is surrounded by a narrative concerning Joseph; before the passage occurs, Joseph is described as being 17 years old,[17] and after the passage, Joseph is described as meeting up with Judah some 9 years[18][19] after Joseph had reached 30 years in age.[20] The gap, a maximum of 22 years, is somewhat small to contain within it Judah's first marriage, the birth of Er and Onan, Er's marriage to Tamar, Tamar's subsequent pregnancy by Judah, and the birth of Judah's grandchildren/children (Judah was the father and his daughter-in-law, Tamar, was the mother); the passage is also widely regarded as an abrupt change to the surrounding narrative Joseph story. According to some textual scholars, the reason for these features is that the passage derives from the Jahwist source, while the immediately surrounding narrative is from the Elohist, the two being spliced together at a later date

Gezin van Tamar

(1) Zij had een relatie met Judah van Judea.

De relatie startte

Kind(eren):

1. Perez van Judea   
2. (Niet openbaar)

(2) Zij is getrouwd met (Niet openbaar).

Zij zijn getrouwd

(3) Zij is getrouwd met (Niet openbaar).

Zij zijn getrouwd

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