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Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) in Ancient Jewish Exegesis: Studies in Literary Form and Hermeneutics. By ESTHER MARIE MENN. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, vol. 51. Leiden: E. J. BRILL, 1997. Pp. xvi + 412. $143.50.

In recent literary studies, the "meaning" of a text is no longer regarded as simply the product of authorial intent or redactional design but is thought to emerge from a complex dialectic with readers. Menn's Judah and Tamar in Ancient Jewi...