The story of Jephthah is one of the most dramatic and morally complex narratives in the Hebrew Bible. Found in the Book of Judges, it tells the tale of a man who made a solemn vow to God in exchange ...

When we read this weekly Haftarah (for parashat Chukat), all that we ‘’know’’ about the daughter of Jephthah, is that her father, a major Israelite chieftain, ignored the thrust of two Talmudic ...