2Adele Reinhartz, "Ruth", in The Jewish Study Bible, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 1578.
3Kevin J. Madigan & Jon D. Levenson. Resurrection : The Power of God for Christians and Jews. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008,p. 71.
4Kevin J. Madigan & Jon D. Levenson,p. 114.
5Donald J. Wold, "The Kareth Penalty in P: Rationale and Cases," ed. Paul J. Achtemeier (SBL Seminar Papers 1979, Vol. 1 :Missoula, Mont. : Scholars Press,1979).
6Kevin J. Madigan & Jon D. Levenson p. 81.
7The Jewish Study Bible, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
8The memory [zekher] of the righteous is a source of blessing, But the name of the wicked rots away. (Prov 10:7).
9William McKane, Proverbs : A New Approach. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970, pp. 422-23.
10en. wikipedia, org/wiki/Halizah - (see Jewish views of marriage: Divorce; Levirate marriage).
3Church Educational System, Old Testament : Genesis - 2 Samuel, Salt Lake City : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1981 ,p. 94.
4Andrew Cort," Judah and Tamar: How Judah became a Tzaddik( a Righteous man)",http://ezinearticles, corn/? Ju- dah-and-Tamar: -How-Judah-Became-a-Tzaddik- (A-Righteous-Man) &id = 5577997.
5) Susan Niditch,"The Wronged Woman Righted: An Analysis of Genesis 38. " Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 72, no. 1 (1979) ,p. 148.
6Claus Westermann, Genesis 37--50. A Commentary. Trans. John J. Scullion. Minneapolis : Augsburg 1986,p. 52.
7Robert Di Vito,"Old Testament Anthropology and the Construction of Personal Identity," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 61 ,no. 2 (1999) ,p. 220.
8Susan Niditeh,"The Wronged Woman Righted: An Analysis of Genesis 38," p. 148.
