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Jephthah's daughter, sometimes later referred to as Seila or as Iphis, is a figure in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is recounted in Judges 11. The judge Jephthah had just won a battle over the Ammonites, and vowed he would give the first thing that came out of his house as a burnt offering to God. However, his only child, an unnamed daughter ...
The story of Jephthah and his daughter is the subject of Lion Feuchtwanger's historical novel, Jefta und seine Tochter (1957), English translation, Jephta and His Daughter, also known as Jephthah and His Daughter, published 1958; In Hamlet, Polonius tells Hamlet "If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter I love passing well."
Jephthes, sive Votum [a] (translated into English as Jephtha, or the Vow) is a tragedy by Scottish historian and humanist scholar George Buchanan first published in 1554. Based on the biblical account of Jephthah and the sacrifice of his daughter in the Book of Judges, Buchanan wrote the play while he was a teacher in France.
The Daughter of Jephthah, by Alexandre Cabanel (1879) The story of Jephthah's daughter in Book of Judges begins as an archetypal biblical hagiography of a hero. Jephthah is the son of a marginal woman, a prostitute (zonah), and as such he is vulnerable. He lives in his father's house, but when his father dies, his half-brothers reject him.
Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy is a 1909 American silent short film starring Annette Kellerman. [3] The National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute holds a print of this film.
Their 6-year-old daughter was found dead on Christmas night 1996. When Walters asked Patsy Ramsey, who died six years after the interview in 2006, whether she knew the amount of her husband's ...
Michael and Vanoy welcomed Jasmine Jordan, their first and only daughter together, on Dec. 7, 1992. Despite her father being one of the most well-known athletes of all time, Jasmine told Andscape ...
Rhea and Economopoulos welcomed their daughter, Ava Rhea Economopoulos, on Oct. 20, 2008. Over the years, the actress has been candid about how becoming a mom has changed her life. In March 2015 ...