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On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Shane Mage <shm...@pipeline.com> wrote: If Kierkegaard was concerned with human sacrifice, what would he say about > Jephtha? > Who was the "hero" there--Jephtha, who wanted to break his promise? God, > who insisted on the sacrifice? The submissive daughter? > Leaving aside the theory that Jephthah's daughter was consigned to perpetual singlehood (given Judges 11's strange way of dwelling on it, and Mosaic law's rather strict prohibition of human sacrifice), when did God insist on any such a thing? (For that matter, when did Jephthah indicate that he wanted to break his promise)? http://www.biblestudytools.com/rsv/judges/11.html -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
