Knowing Faith

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

Feb 23, 2021

12:06

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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