On Jephthah’s Rash Oath

On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges.

On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges.

It cannot be said that a belief in an afterlife and immortality of the soul are expressed in the Book of Psalms. What are we to make of this?

We may be horrified when we first read the curses in the Book of Psalms. But do they have a spiritual sense that could help us?