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Title: The Old Jephthah Tale in Judges
Subtitle: Geographical and Historical Considerations
Author(s): FINKELSTEIN, Israel
Journal: Biblica
Volume: 97    Issue: 1   Date: 2016   
Pages: 1-15
DOI: 10.2143/BIB.97.1.3183470

Abstract :
In this article I intend to reveal the old, orally-transmitted heroic tale that lies behind the Jephthah story in the Book of Judges, which is obscured by massive Deuteronomistic and post-Deuteronomistic additions and redactions. The old story deals with a conflict on the settlement boundary between Israelites and Ammonites in Transjordan, around the towns of Gilead and Mizpah. It probably reflects realities before, or in the early days of the Northern kingdom.


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