After the Fact: Judah, Tamar and Levirate Marriage with Dr. Dominick Hernandez

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Dominick Hernández to answer the question, “how does understanding levirate marriage help us understand the story of Judah and Tamar?”

Gust Bio:

Dr. Hernández currently serves as an assistant professor of Old Testament Interpretation and the Director of the Online Hispanic Program at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY). 

Helpful Definitions:

• Levirate Marriage: If a man dies his brother was able to take the man’s wife and have children with his brother's wife to raise up seed for his brother's name. 
• Levir: Latin word for “husband's brother”

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 38, Deuteronomy 25:5-10
• “Proverbs Pathways to Wisdom” by Dominick Hernández

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