More About Tamar

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"Tamar the Tender Twig" A Historical Novel of Jerusalem & Ireland Did the Prophet Jeremiah build a temple in Ireland? Did the Jewish Princess, Tamar, become the Irish queen? Is the British crown a symbol of the House of Israel?

"Tamar the Tender Twig" is based upon Biblical and other historical accounts of the Prophet Jeremiah, and Tamar, the daughter of King Zedekiah. Biblical history ends with their exile to Tahpahnes, Egypt, where some believe Jeremiah died a martyr's death. This novel, however, continues the story as found in the histories and legends of Ireland, where Jeremiah is known as Ollam Fodhla, the learned prophet, and Tamar, as the wife of King Heremon. Through their posterity come the kings and queens of Ireland, Scotland and England, including today's Queen Elizabeth II.

"Tamar the Tender Twig," a tender romance of young royals caught up in the turmoil of the dark days of the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, entwines the reader in their struggle to survive against savage seas and ancient pagan cultures, as they and the prophet establish a Golden Age in Ireland.

The above is an excerpt from http://home.earthlink.net/~chaletpub/tamar.htm  If you visit that site you can order the book, chat with the author, or read more about her. There is also a free preview of the book there.

2.  The following is a short excerpt from Women in Christ's Genealogy: http://www.lifeofchrist.com/life/genealogy/women.html
Tamar: Genesis 38:6-30

Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah. She was a childless widow, who was given to her brother-in-law after her husband's death. By this marriage, her offspring would continue the name and inheritance of the deceased. Such a union was later called a Leverite marriage (Deut 25:5-6).

Unfortunately, Tamar's brother-in-law refused to have proper intercourse with her. God killed him for this. Afterwards, Judah would not give Tamar to any of his other sons. So Tamar disguised herself as a harlot and seduced Judah. Through him, she became the mother of Perez.

3.  Here is an article written by a Jewish female torah-scholar and was taken from: http://www.nerncsy.org/publications/bereishit/dvavysh.html  Keep in mind while reading that Yehuda means Judah, and Yakov is Jacob, (Judah's father)

Parshat Vayeshev (means sort of a scripture reading, study portion)

By Dafna Stempel, Long Island Region

In this week's Parasha, Parashas Vayeishev, we read the story of Yehudah and Tamar (Perek [Chapter] 38). Yehuda was Tamar's father-in-law for Tamar married Yehudah's two oldest sons, both of whom died. Yehudah had a third son, but he wouldn't allow Tamar to marry him so he told her to stay as a widow in her father's house.

While Yehudah was traveling one day Tamar decided to dress up as a harlot. Yehudah wished to have relations with her. Yehudah told Tamar that he would give her a goat, but Tamar wanted a pledge from him until he brought the goat. As the Torah records, "... She said, 'Your signet ring, your wrap, and your staff in your hand.' He gave them to her and consorted with her, and she concieved by him" (38:18).

Why did Tamar request these three things, the ring, wrap, and staff? The Sforno (a commentary on the Torah by R' Ovadiah Sforno from Italy who lived in the late 15th to early 16th centuries) says that Tamar requested these three items to prove later on that Yehudah was truly the father of the child.

The wrap and the staff have very self-explanatory descriptions, but what about the signet ring? Later on in Parashas Vayechi, Yakov will bless each of his children before he dies. When Yakov gets to Yehudah, he will bless Yehudah with the words, "A lion cub is Yehudah" (49:9). Yehudah is represented by a lion, one of the designs on his signet ring.

We learn out that Mashiach would come from Tamar and Yehudah. How so? As we know, Mashiach descends from King David, and King David is also represented by a lion. We see that the ring alludes to the fact that the monarchy of Israel, and Mashiach, would come from Tamar and Yehudah.