October 18, 2002 • Page Image 93
…this story. The biblical story that has the most to do with family violence is the one on Jephthah's daughter and it can be understood as a story about abuse. - "It's both a small and a big story ... It's about a father sacrificing a daugh- ter because he has the power of life and death over her. She is his property. But the larger story is the story of how many unknown girls' and women's lives in Jewish and world history have been literally o...…

















































