The Sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter – An inverted Akeida

Professor Uriel Simon is a distinguished Israeli biblical scholar and former professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, where he directed the Institute of Biblical Interpretation. He has also taught at Harvard, Yale, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Known for his literary approach to biblical interpretation, he has written extensively on biblical narrative and commentary and delivered lectures at Pardes as part of the Hershdorfer Kantrowitz Brettler Lecture Series.