[[Category: Publishing]]

The account of Judah and Tamar has been called the worst chapter in the Bible. <ref>"This is another chapter that seems to be about as necessary as a fifth leg on a cow. After you have read the story, you may wish that it had been left out of the Bible. Many people have asked me why this chapter is in the Word of God. I agree that it is one of the worst chapters in the Bible,..." J. Vernon McGee ,''Thru the Bible: Genesis through Revelation'', Chapter 38.</ref> <ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=CeHUIpZMtQ0C&pg=PT351&lpg=PT351&dq=worst+chapter+of+the+bible+tamar&source=bl&ots=qVmaXDcdPv&sig=ACfU3U0HFRgO4iUAFMvufZJ9AMUz7fvnvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP3O6NgKHjAhUOHc0KHU23C544ChDoATAAegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=worst%20chapter%20of%20the%20bible%20tamar&f=false</ref> Perhaps the salacious details have distracted many from the intended meaning of the scripture. Often this chapter is skipped over quickly in the surveys of the Bible and Pastors arrange their sequential preaching plans to conveniently break for Christmas topical sermons instead.