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Bird, Phyllis. “The Harlot as a Heroine: Narrative Art and Social Presuppositions in Three Old Testament Texts.” Semeia 46 (1989): 119–139.

Bos, Johanna. “Out of the Shadows: Genesis 38; Judges 4:17–22; Ruth 3.” Semeia 42 (1988): 37–67.

Friedman, Mordechai. “Tamar, a Symbol of Life: The ‘Killer Wife’ Superstition in the Bible and Jewish Tradition.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature Review 15 (1990): 23–61.

Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. Rereading the Women of the Bible. Reprint Edition. New York: Schocken, 2004.

Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. “Tamar 1.” In Women in Scripture. Edited by Carol Meyers, 161-163. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Niditch, Susan. “The Wronged Woman Righted: An Analysis of Genesis 38.” Harvard Theological Review 72 (1979): 143–149.

Westenholz, Joan Goodnick “Tamar, Qedesa, Qadistu, and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia.” Harvard Theological Review 82 (1989): 245–265.