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After Millais, 19thc Photgravure Print, Jephthah's Daughter

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After Millais, 19thc Photgravure Print, Jephthah's Daughter
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After Sir John Everett Millais RA ( Southampton 1829- London 1896 )  19thc photogravure print by Riffarth, displayed in matted folio. 7 1/2" X 9 1/2".  Jephthah's daughter is a figure in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is recounted in Judges 11. The judge Jephthah had just won a battle over the Ammonites, &vowed that he would offer the first thing that came out of his house as a offering to Yahweh. However, his only child, an unnamed daughter, came out to meet him dancing & playing a tambourine. She encourages Jephthah to fulfill his vow but asks for two months to weep for her virginity. After this period of time Jephthah fulfilled his vow &offered his daughter in sacrifice. The majority opinion among commentators is that Jephthah killed his daughter. There is, however, a minority opinion that Jephthah's daughter spent the rest of her life in seclusion. Â