Editing Amnon (section)

==In rabbinic literature==
The sages of the Mishnah point out that Amnon's love for Tamar, his half-sister, did not arise from true affection, but from passion and lust, on which account, after having attained his desire, he immediately "hated her exceedingly." "All love which depends upon some particular thing ceases when that thing ceases; thus was the love of Amnon for Tamar" (Ab. v. 16). Amnon's love for Tamar was not, however, such a transgression as is usually supposed: for, although she was a daughter of David, her mother was a prisoner of war, who had not yet become a Jewess; consequently, Tamar also had not entered the Jewish community (Sanh. 21a). The incident of Amnon and Tamar was utilized by the sages as affording justification for their rule that a man must on no account remain alone in the company of a woman, not even of an unmarried one (Sanh. l.c. et seq.).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1415-amnon| title = Jewish Encyclopedia}}</ref>

According to the [[Babylonian Talmud]], Amnon hated Tamar because, as he raped her, Tamar tied one of her hairs around Amnon's [[Human penis|penis]] and used it to [[Castration|castrate]] him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanhedrin 21a:22 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.21a.22?lang=bi&with=Introductions%20to%20the%20Babylonian%20Talmud&lang2=en |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> The Babylonian Talmud also asserts that Amnon's death was a punishment from the Lord for Amnon's "lewdness"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midrash Tanchuma, Bereshit 12:1 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Tanchuma,_Bereshit.12.1?ven=Midrash_Tanhuma-Yelammedenu,_trans._Samuel_A._Berman&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> and for his actions.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48960031.html| title = The Eleventh Plague footnote 12 "...'I am the Lord' implies: I am He who inflicted punishment upon Samson, Amnon, and Zimri, and who will inflict punishment upon any one who will act in accordance with their practices..."| work = aishcom| date = 24 June 2009}}</ref> As noted above those who committed incest are subject to two curses in the Torah and kareth; Amnon was said to be possibly consigned to the 2nd circle of Gehenna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehebrewcafe.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=680|title=ASk the Rabbi Query...|website=www.thehebrewcafe.com| date=23 July 2021}}</ref>  For reasons of propriety, the Mishnah excludes the story from public reading in synagogue, whether in the original or in Aramaic translation (Meg. 4:10).<ref>E ncyclopedia Judea Vol 2 (ALr-Az)</ref>