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犠牲死する者の積極性 : 偽フィローン『聖書古代誌』に
おけるエフタの娘セイラ
井阪, 民子
人文・自然研究, 3: 227-246
2009-03-01
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http://doi.org/10.15057/17329
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To Be a Sacrifice Happily :
Jephthah’s Daughter Seila in Pseudo-Philo’s
Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
Tamiko ISAKA
Jephthah’s daughter Seila（unnamed in ch. 11 of Judges）, upon learning that her
father must sacrifice her because of his rash vow, expresses her fear that her death will
not be acceptable to God（40.3）. The exact nature of her fear becomes clear, first, if
one interprets the clause “quia…pater meus” as providing the reason why “timeo…
animam meam” and, second, if one follows Jacobson’s emendation of the passage “et
si...in sacrificium.” Her fears arise from her belief that neither the “sacrificer” nor the
“sacrificed” should be forced to do so, but should do so happily and voluntarily.
However, one learns from God’s words that the latter’s volition is more important to
God’s acceptance of the sacrificed person’s soul. As to the two ut-clauses in Seila’s
dirge（40.5）―interpretations of which vary greatly among translators―it would
be correct to interpret them as being equivalent to an “accusative plus infinitive” form
and thus regard them as her expression of her happy desire to be a sacrifice.
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