TY - BOOK ID - 78147218 TI - Giacomo Meyerbeer : Jephtas Gelübde (Jephtha's Vow) - Vocal/Piano Score AU - Letellier, Robert Ignatius AU - Starr, Mark PY - 2013 SN - 1443870242 9781443870245 9781443832205 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Operas KW - Opera KW - Meyerbeer, Giacomo, KW - Jephthah KW - Jefta KW - Jeftes KW - Jephte KW - Jephtha KW - Jephthah, KW - Jeptha KW - Beer, Jakob Liebmann Meyer UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78147218 AB - Meyerbeer's first opera, Jephtas Gelübde, has a libretto by the German academic Alois Schreiber, based on a Biblical theme taken from chapters 11-12 of the Book of Judges. The story centres on the vow the ancient Israelite Judge made to God in return for victory over the enemy: ""If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious . . . I will offer him up for a burnt offering"". The first person he was fatefull... ER -