Domestic violence in the Old Testament and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A question of identity

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dc.contributor.authorBosman, Tiana
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T09:38:20Z
dc.date.available2022-05-11T09:38:20Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractWith the global COVID-19 pandemic and different levels of lockdown being enforced across the world, domestic violence has escalated at an alarming rate. The restrictions on movement that lockdown has placed on countless women forced them to share a confined space with their abusers and the effects of this abuse are devastating. These women�s identities are at stake. In a space dominated by their male perpetrators, they are at risk of becoming mere shadows of their former selves. All too often, they also lose their lives. This dire state of affairs brings to mind two women in the Old Testament, Tamar of Genesis 38 and Tamar of 2 Samuel 13, and how they were subjected to domestic violence. This article studies the plight of these women. Through the exegesis of these narratives, I highlight the similarities between the accounts of domestic violence and what we see globally today. The aim of this study is to add the names of the biblical Tamars to our collective list of names of women for whom we unite weekly against gender-based violence in the #ThursdaysInBlack campaign.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBosman, T., 2021, �Domestic violence in the Old Testament and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A question of identity�, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 77(3), a6792. https://doi. org/10.4102/hts.v77i3.679en_US
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi. org/10.4102/hts.v77i3.6792
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/7374
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectGenesis 38en_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectOld testamenten_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_US
dc.titleDomestic violence in the Old Testament and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A question of identityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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