Judges, Ruth by K. Lawson Younger

Author:K. Lawson Younger
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Education, Reference, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Old Testament, Religion & Spirituality, Bible Study, Bible Study & Reference, Old Testament Study, General, Religion, Religious Studies & Reference, Biblical Commentary, Commentaries, Guides, Christian Books & Bibles
ISBN: 9780310206361
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2002-02-27T08:00:00+00:00

And Yahweh does just that. Therefore, since the reader already knows that Yahweh would have given Jephthah success in battle even without his vow, the vow and its negative consequences seem all the more unnecessary. It achieves nothing in the story except to mar the accomplishment of Yahweh’s victory and to characterize Jephthah negatively. In this callous gesture, Jephthah shows his willingness to brutalize even his closest kin in order to rule over a tribe of half-brothers (cf. Abimelech). This is why his vow to Yahweh overwhelms what should have been the climactic victory over the Ammonites because it is so unnecessary, illegitimate, and horrific.

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