Discussion Questions
- Some commentators suggest Tamar was selflessly carrying on the line of Judah, others that she is working for her own survival or benefit. Some portray her as brazenly sexual and others as pious. What do you think Tamar’s motives are?
- Choose one of these themes and discuss where you see it in the text, and in modern life:
- using any means necessary to right the balance of power
- fertility as a personal and social issue
- hiddenness of the self in intimate or familial relationships
