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Jephthah's Vow Considered.
In the History of the Jews , forming the fifth volume of the Family Library , we find the following remarks : — " Many learned writers have laboured to relieve the Jewish annals , and the character of the Judge , from the imputation of human sacrifice , and have supposed that Jephthah's daughter was consecrated to the service of the tabernacle , and devoted to perpetual virginity . That all these expedients are far more
improbable , than that a fierce freebooter , in a period of anarchy , should mistake an act of cruel superstition , for an act of religion ; and it is certain , that vows of celibacy were totally unknown among the Hebrews , and belong to a different stage of society . " These circumstances have been dealt with already , but we proceed to -notice an objection of Michaelis , referred to in this History of the Jews . " Another objection of Michaelis is fatal to the idea that she was
consigned to spend the remainder of her days in the tabernacle service . " He says , " Jephthah ' s daughter could not have been consecrated to the service of the High Priest , for the High Priest and the Ark were then at Shiloh , in the tribe of Ephraim , with whom Jephthah was at deadly war . " We must observe , that in this objection there is a fault , that renders it of no service . That Jephthah was not at deadly war with the Ephraimites is clear * for we find that the war into which he entered
, against them , was occasioned hy that haughty and overbearing tribe having resented their not being summoned to take the lead in the Ammonitish war ; whereas the fulfilment of the vow immediately followed the return of Jephthah from his victory over the Ammonites , or , at most , two months afterwards ; whereas , on referring to the chronological accounts at the heads of the two chapters , the one detailing Jephthah's vow and history , and the other , the war with the Ep hraimites ,
we find at the head of the first , A . M . 28 » t 7 , B . C . 1157 ; and at the head of the next , A . M . 2865 , B . C . 1139 , a difference of time amply sufficient for Jephthah's daughter to have been sent to the tabernacle . ( To be continued . )
Errors In Jephthah's Vow. Page 149, 10th...
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Jephthah's Vow Considered.
In the History of the Jews , forming the fifth volume of the Family Library , we find the following remarks : — " Many learned writers have laboured to relieve the Jewish annals , and the character of the Judge , from the imputation of human sacrifice , and have supposed that Jephthah's daughter was consecrated to the service of the tabernacle , and devoted to perpetual virginity . That all these expedients are far more
improbable , than that a fierce freebooter , in a period of anarchy , should mistake an act of cruel superstition , for an act of religion ; and it is certain , that vows of celibacy were totally unknown among the Hebrews , and belong to a different stage of society . " These circumstances have been dealt with already , but we proceed to -notice an objection of Michaelis , referred to in this History of the Jews . " Another objection of Michaelis is fatal to the idea that she was
consigned to spend the remainder of her days in the tabernacle service . " He says , " Jephthah ' s daughter could not have been consecrated to the service of the High Priest , for the High Priest and the Ark were then at Shiloh , in the tribe of Ephraim , with whom Jephthah was at deadly war . " We must observe , that in this objection there is a fault , that renders it of no service . That Jephthah was not at deadly war with the Ephraimites is clear * for we find that the war into which he entered
, against them , was occasioned hy that haughty and overbearing tribe having resented their not being summoned to take the lead in the Ammonitish war ; whereas the fulfilment of the vow immediately followed the return of Jephthah from his victory over the Ammonites , or , at most , two months afterwards ; whereas , on referring to the chronological accounts at the heads of the two chapters , the one detailing Jephthah's vow and history , and the other , the war with the Ep hraimites ,
we find at the head of the first , A . M . 28 » t 7 , B . C . 1157 ; and at the head of the next , A . M . 2865 , B . C . 1139 , a difference of time amply sufficient for Jephthah's daughter to have been sent to the tabernacle . ( To be continued . )
Errors In Jephthah's Vow. Page 149, 10th...
ERRORS IN JEPHTHAH ' S VOW . Page 149 , 10 th fine from the top , for S" \^ l read "H ^ T for TUP read iiy > T v ; T x 13 th line from the top , for VP $ JWV \ read VJ ^ jXTOn )