Jane said,
Intuitively, I suspect we're all (including Ra) of one mind on Jephthah. The problem is, how can we support that intuitive view scripturally? Is this an area where we need the Bible to correct our intuition?
Isn't the fact that there are not two sexes involved a genuine physical limitation?I hear what you're saying, but in the context of the original vows, the intent should be reasonably clear to both parties. They weren't vowing to do something that was physically impossible for them; they were vowing to do what they knew they could. We don't have to call it "sexual relations," though such a definition would be out of keeping with common usage.
I should have been clearer: in a way, my point is that they can't have anything that is properly described as sexual relations, and therefore could not actually fulfill a vow to do so.
Intuitively, I suspect we're all (including Ra) of one mind on Jephthah. The problem is, how can we support that intuitive view scripturally? Is this an area where we need the Bible to correct our intuition?
