Ember Schrag - Jephthah's Daughter flac album

Ember Schrag is a musician from western Nebraska, a singer and guitarist hailed as "distinctive and free of affect or artifice" (. Her lyrics lace profound declarations–visceral/sincere but enigmatic–into plots from tragic folktales, classic literature, nightmares and revelations from the collective consciousness. The actual events are omitted from retellings: she'd rather speak in bittersweet details. Super-8 stills and off-topic epiphanies.

Jephthah's daughter is a figure in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is recounted in Judges 11. The judge Jephthah had just won a battle over the Ammonites, and vowed that he would offer the first thing that came out of his house as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

Tracklist: 01 Jephthah's Daughter 02 Sutherland 03 My Brothers Men 04 La Maria 05 I Ain't A Prophet 06 In The Alley 07 Frauleh Jekketheka 08 The Sewing Room 09 Dark Lion Lover 10 Your Words 11 Houston 12 April Night.

Ember Schrag is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Nebraska, currently residing in Iosa. She also performs improvised electroacoustic music in the project Office Park, a collaboration with instrument builder Bryan Day. Sites: emberschrag. com, Twitter, MySpace, edibleonion. In Groups: Office Park. Jephthah's Daughter ‎(CDr, EP). Eh? eh?48.

3. My Brothers Men. Ember Schrag. 5. I Ain't a Prophet.

Jephthah’s Daughter’s Request Jephthah’s daughter is the one who goes out to meet him and he must fulfill his vow through her. She accepts her fate but makes an unexpected request of her father before the vow was to be fulfilled. She said to her father: ‘Do this for me, release me for two months and I will go and ‘go down’ upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my women companions.

Question: I saw a docudrama about Jephthah and it ended with him sacrificing his daughter. But in an article on your site you say she lived a reclusive life in the mountains until she died. Which version of events is correct? Answer: In the name of artistic license, films, and even historical documentaries, are not always accurate. So let’s examine the story based on the words of our sages. But first, in brief, the story is as follows: Jephthah was asked by the Israelite leaders to lead them in battle against the oppressing Ammonites