Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Jephtha -- an Israelite general who sacrifices his daughter because of a pledge to God. Jephtha (Jephthah) -- an oratorio (1751) by Handel based on the story of Jephtha with a libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, following Judges (Chapter 11) and "Jephthas sive votum" - "Jeptha or the Vow",(1554) by G. Buchanan. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.