The Historical Approach to Genesis

Wrenzburg: The story of Judah and Tamar is not random. It's another example of the deeper meaning of Genesis as a commentary on the monarchy, he says. Wrenzburg offers seven clues that we can use to make our own conclusions about what was going on in Israel at the time these stories were written. "I'd like to call it the ready, I'd like to calls it the historical approach to Genesis," he says.