Tamar daughter-in-law of Judah

Unveiled by Francine Rivers( Book )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 1,555 libraries worldwide
Her name meant "date palm," and like her namesake, Tamar hoped to survive the harsh environment she was placed in: to bend but not to break. Rubbed with scented oil and arrayed in wedding finery, 14-year-old Tamar is thrust into a world of abuse, betrayal, and disillusionment when she is given in marriage to an evil, idol-worshiping man. In the face of her suffering, she must make choices: Will she let her new husband, Er, destroy her innocence and corrupt her? Will she leave the religion of the Canaanites and embrace the God of the Hebrews despite the life of misery she is cast into? Or will she fall into despair and become as wicked as her husband and his brothers?

Unafraid by Francine Rivers( Book )
5 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 1,442 libraries worldwide
In her fifth and final Lineage of Grace novella, renowned Christian writer Rivers tackles the most celebrated woman in Christian history Mary, the mother of Jesus. Using the biblical account of Jesus' life as a framework, Rivers adds such imaginative scenes as Mary watching the young Jesus healing his little sister, Anne, or Mary pondering Jesus' ability to see that there is always enough bread and oil in the larder to keep the family afloat. There are warm mother-son exchanges ("You're so thin!") and personal details ("Jesus had Mary's chin... but no one ever said Jesus had her eyes...").

The female ancestors of Christ by Ann Belford Ulanov( Book )
5 editions published between 1993 and 2006 in English and held by 427 libraries worldwide

The rape of Tamar, a novel by Dan Jacobson( Book )
2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 414 libraries worldwide

Reading women's stories : female characters in the Hebrew Bible by John Petersen( Book )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 245 libraries worldwide
"...delves deeply into three stories of women in the Hebrew Bible (Hannah, Deborah, and Tamar) and explores issues of reading character, plot, and point of view"--P. 4 of cover.

Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) in ancient Jewish exegesis : studies in literary form and hermeneutics by Esther Marie Menn( Book )
2 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in English and held by 212 libraries worldwide

Four biblical heroines and the case for female authorship : an analysis of the women of Ruth, Esther, and Genesis 38 by Hillel I Millgram( Book )
2 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 154 libraries worldwide
"This work examines the lives of Naomi, Ruth, Tamar and Esther. Each woman is depicted without a dominant male companion and featured in the Bible's more secular texts. The author evaluates each character's role as a female protagonist, and demonstrates how each story represents an innovative view of religion and a revisionist evaluation of women's roles"--Provided by publisher.

Heilige oder Hure? : die Rezeptionsgeschichte von Juda und Tamar (Genesis 38) von der Antike bis zur Reformationszeit by Walter Hilbrands( Book )
2 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 68 libraries worldwide

The woman at the wall : a play in three acts by Louis I Newman( Book )
3 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 61 libraries worldwide

Thamar by Thomas Mann( Book )
1 edition published in 1942 in German and held by 60 libraries worldwide