Reliving the rape of Tamar: Absolom's revenge in 2 Samuel 13

This article considers the rape of Tamar as prologue to the revenge of Absalom on the perpetrator in 2 Samuel 13. This revenge is, in effect, a replaying of the circumstances surrounding the rape but with Amnon as the victim. Absalom breaks the same ties of kinship and hospitality as his brother, a...

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Main Author: Rudman, Dominic (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 1998
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 1998, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 326-339
Further subjects:B Samuel 2 13
B Christianity
B Tamar
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