Jephtias Tragoedia / La Fille de Jephte, tragedie

by Jacob Balde, edited by Dominique Millet-Gerard

Book cover: Jephtias Tragoedia / La Fille de Jephte, tragedie

Extent: 668 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Music & Performing Arts, Religious Studies

Series: Theatre

Series volume number: 7, 35

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 2020)

ISBN: 9782406097167

Price: $81.00

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Hardback (Published)

(February 2020)

ISBN: 9782406097174

Price: $146.00

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Jacob Balde is a famous Jesuit father in the Counter-Reformation period. His Tragedy Jephtias was performed in 1637, printed in 1654. It deals with a story borrowed from Judges XI, and is a beautiful example of Humanist scholarship, and an expression of Roman Catholic figurative exegesis.

  • By (author) Jacob Balde
  • Edited by Dominique Millet-Gerard