Tamar, a Symbol of Life
The “Killer Wife” Superstition in the Bible and Jewish Tradition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12012412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mordechai A Friedman (Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-61 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJS Review The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0094 • E-ISSN: 1475-4541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0364009400002804 |
| OpenAlex | W2150475081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
The “killer wife” superstition, by which we mean the belief that the husbands of certain women are doomed to die, is examined here as it appears in Jewish sources from the Bible to Maimonides. The many pertinent developments in post-talmudic-midrashic sources require a separate study. For this period we confine our discussion to Maimonides, the most significant medieval spokesman on the subject. Our topic is a popular theme in folklore. Here our primary interest is in how the religion of Israel reacted to the superstition, both conceptually and practically
Art · Folklore · Israelites · Judaism · Literature · Midrash · Subject (documents · Superstition · Symbol (formal · Theme (computing · Theology · Wife · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |