Jephthah's Daughter: Awake to Her Wicked Father (Judges 11:29-40)
It is always a challenge to deal with some of the more difficult texts in the Bible, such as the text about Jephthah’s vow to sacrifice his daughter. Absent a full narration of this decision, one might seek to remove some of the difficulties of this text, but in a close reading, Jephthah is exposed...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Word & world
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 210-218 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Judge 11,29-40
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | It is always a challenge to deal with some of the more difficult texts in the Bible, such as the text about Jephthah’s vow to sacrifice his daughter. Absent a full narration of this decision, one might seek to remove some of the difficulties of this text, but in a close reading, Jephthah is exposed as cruel, and his daughter as the much nobler character. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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