Pseudo-Philo on Jephthah’s Daughter
Pseudo-Philo
Biblical Antiquities 39.11–40.4
1st Century
39.11
And God was very angry and said, “Behold Jephthah has vowed that he will offer to me whatever meets him first on the way (Judges 11:31); and now if a dog should meet Jephthah first, will the dog be offered to me? And now let the vow of Jephthah be accomplished against his own firstborn…
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Creator Bio
Pseudo-Philo
Pseudo-Philo is the name given to the otherwise unknown, anonymous author of Biblical Antiquities, which may have been written in Hebrew but survives only in Latin. The text was originally attributed to Philo of Alexandria, but that has been disproven. Biblical Antiquities is a retelling of the biblical narrative filled with literary reworkings, including many traditions not found in other sources.
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