in keeping with an oath to god in return for war victories.
the Od Testament clearly shows god indifferent to any possible inhumanity that might have been taking place from her death.
the moral of the story, throughout human antiquity, was that jephthah showed his righteousness and reverence to the lord by keeping with a his promise, despite the dire, unexpected consequences given unto him to carry out that oath. of course, you would be hard pressed to find many christians (or Jews) that still agree with with that interpretation.
in this modern era, christian apologist don't care to try to tackle that one, because the "catch-all" argument for all things related to the Old Testament is that Jesus "paid the price" for all the OT commandments or other things that may have seemed morally suspect concerning the OT.
jewish rabbis, having the moral implications of the story more prominent to them, have debated the issue completely and the best answer among
2007-01-12 09:33:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
them is that she wasn’t “really” killed but instead was sent to live for the church, like a nun. Which of course, comes from nowhere. The bible clearly states what happened and even the jewish “interpretation” is a complete wishful fabrication or what the OT says.
How can anyone explain this story as anything else except immoral garbage?
I am not trying to incite anyone, I just think that the story is incompatible with the idea of a just god. Can you explain it in any other way?
2007-01-12 09:34:03 · update #1
Wow good question. I'll make a point to look it up...
2007-01-12 09:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by dooltaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jephthah made a foolish vow. We don't have to bargain w/ God or make foolish vows. Words & actions have consequences. God did not command the sacrfice. Jephthah was bound to his oath according to Old Testament law & once he had made the vow, he had to carry it out.
2007-01-12 09:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God did not want Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter. Throughout the OT, you see God despising the idols who command child sacrifice, like Baal.
The moral of the story is ACTUALLY that you should not make rash promises to God.
2007-01-12 09:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by therese magdalene 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It grow to be a "sacrifice..." in the Bible e book of Judges 11: 38-40 " you are able to bypass," he reported. And he enable her bypass for 2 months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would under no circumstances marry. 39 After that both months, she lower back to her father and did as he had vowed. and he or she grow to be a virgin, From this comes the Israelite custom 40. that in accordance to annum the more youthful females would bypass out for 4 days to commemorate the daughter of Jepthah, the Gileadite." and he or she remained unmarried for existence, by using devoting herself in unique service at God's sanctuary in Shilo. She grow to be a unswerving worshipper of her God, Jehovah and grow to be confident that her father's vow must be done.
2016-10-30 22:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The implication was Jepthah stayed true to his word even though it cost him (his daughter).
May I add something too; repeatedly the asker refers to it as the old testament. By man's current standard in hte USA, it is 'old testament'. However, I disagree; the scriptural old testament was the law of Moses. The index that 'defines' old testament as Genesis-Malachi is not scripture, violating 2 Tim. 3:16-17. The 'index' is one of the things dividing 'Christianity' today in the USA, to many souls dimise.
2007-01-12 09:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jephthah didn't vow to sacrifice his daughter but whoever greeted him first from his victory at war. I believe the moral is stick with what you say as he did.
2007-01-12 09:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by l_xclusive2k6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a story like Abrahams, in how far a LOVING FATHER will go to keep a vow to his loving God. This resulted in a great life not only for his daughter but for him. She in no way suffered over this event.
2007-01-12 09:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biblical writer does not condone what Jephthah did, he only reports it. This behavior is one more indication of the loss of moral sensitivity in Israel during this period.
2007-01-12 09:44:14 · answer #8 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that verse shows how much of a tragedy human sacrifice is. it says that every year on the anniversary of the event the israelite girls would mourn her death for four days.
2007-01-12 10:27:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think, to me, the moral of the story was not to make stupid oaths. God would give us the victory if we ask him, we don't need to bargain.
2007-01-12 09:37:47 · answer #10 · answered by controlfreak 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋