Educator Guide
Tamar Bible Study Guide
Widow of Judah's son; secured Judah's line through a startling act of justice ().
From the family tree
- Spouse
- Judah
- Children
- Perez, Zerah
Teaching prompt
Why does deliberately name Tamar in Jesus' genealogy?
Reflection
Where do you most need to know God can write straight with very crooked lines?
Points to Jesus
quietly puts Tamar (along with Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba) into Jesus' family tree, preparing the reader for a Messiah who is unembarrassed by the broken, the foreign, and the marginalised — He came precisely to redeem them.
Discussion questions
- What is Tamar's situation, and how does Judah finally name her in v. 26?
- How is Tamar remembered by Bethlehem's elders?
- What does it say that Tamar is one of four women Matthew names before Mary?
Scripture
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), which is in the public domain.