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Pushing The Boundaries

harlot

Tamar: mother against all odds

October 23, 2014July 25, 2014 by LABA

Ruby Namdar on the bible’s black widow harlot The name Tamar, in Hebrew, means a date or a date tree. In a world without processed sugar, where fruits are the rare and precious sweets the name reads as “a sweet thing”, “a tasty morsel” or simply as “candy”. And it seems like this is exactly

Categories Ancient Texts, Mother Tags black widow, harlot, Mothers Without Boundaries, Ruby Namdar, tamar
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