Did she become a burnt offering orust a perpetual virgin?
A straight reading of Judges 11 indicates the former.
This guy argues the latter.
A straight reading of Judges 11 indicates the former.
This guy argues the latter.
Did she become a burnt offering orust a perpetual virgin?
A straight reading of Judges 11 indicates the former.
This guy argues the latter.
Hard to say. Likely a burnt offering, I think. What does it matter either way?
Not a good answer though . . . what really matters?Good point.
lol wut?Not a good answer though . . . what really matters?
And, have you attended to it?
This is where I disagree with you. Jephthah was NOT right in keeping his vow.Jephthah was right in not being deterred from keeping his vow by the loss and sorrow to himself, just as Abraham was right in not withholding his son, his only son, from God, when commanded to offer him up as a burnt-offering.
A person's word was more binding than today's contracts, to be kept / honored even if they suffered great loss, even of their own life.for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back." (Judg 11:35)
She would do whatever her father directed her to do, not run from it.The touching submission of Jephthah's daughter to an inevitable fate shows how deeply-rooted at that time was the pagan notion of the propriety of human sacrifice.
So, no, no one in a family would go against the duty given them,If Jephthah's daughter knew she was going to die, she could have run away while lamenting her virginity and never come back.
This is where I disagree with you.
Jephthah was NOT right in keeping his vow.
"he would have done right not to slay his child"
Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft
I agree with the previous post that God spoke to Abraham and not Jephthah. But I also think Abraham knew that God would provide a way out that didn't involve killing Isaac.This is where I disagree with you. Jephthah was NOT right in keeping his vow.Jephthah was right in not being deterred from keeping his vow by the loss and sorrow to himself, just as Abraham was right in not withholding his son, his only son, from God, when commanded to offer him up as a burnt-offering.
This is where I disagree with you. Jephthah was NOT right in keeping his vow.
The key difference with Abraham was that God instructed Abraham to offer his son, and God has the authority to demand our life at any moment. God made NO such request of Jephthah, and Jephthah had no such authority to sacrifice his daughter. You can say that breaking a vow to God is wrong, but so is murder. Plus, it was an exceedingly foolish vow to begin with. So, while you could argue it would have been sinful had Jephthah broken his vow, there's no denying that such a human sacrifice is a grievous sin. If one has to choose between breaking a foolish vow and committing murder, I'll go with breaking the vow. I'd rather seek forgiveness for uttering a foolish word than seek forgiveness for being a murderer.