Jephthah Sacrifices His Daughter

Aaron ben Mashiaḥ

1692

Jephthah’s Daughter Meets Jephthah with Tambourines and Flutes

When Jephthah set out for the road
He did so full of happiness and joy.
He had a daughter, a solitary cypress,
Her visage fairyborn; two curls
Upon her temples rested, two weeping violets;
Her cheeks were like two jasmines;
She was a graceful cypress.
Her eyes were subtle, her forehead…
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Aaron ben Mashiaḥ

17th Century

All that is known about Aaron ben Mashiaḥ is that he was from Isfahan (Persia) and, at some point, moved to Yazd, perhaps because of persecution. His only surviving work, of which this is an excerpt, is the Softim-nāmah (The Book of Judges), a retelling in verse of the story of Judges.

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