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Samson: The Hero and the Man
The Story of Samson (Judges 13-16) Translated by Jeffrey Green
von Pnina Galpaz-Feller, Jeffrey Green
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Samson: The Hero and the Man – Galpaz-Feller / Green schnell und portofrei erhältlich bei beck-shop.de DIE FACHBUCHHANDLUNG
Peter Lang Bern 2006
Verlag C.H. Beck im Internet: www.beck.de ISBN 978 3 03910 852 7
Inhaltsverzeichnis: Samson: The Hero and the Man – Galpaz-Feller / Green Contents
Abbreviations ...... XI
Introduction ...... 1
Chapter One All Remains in the Family ...... 7 Size Is Not What Matters ...... 7 Manoah’s Wife ...... 8 The Herald ...... 10 Dialogues and Monologues ...... 11 A Meal for the Guest ...... 15 He Found a Helpmate ...... 18 Quite a Family ...... 23
Chapter Two Unto Every Person There Is a Name ...... 27 The Time of Name-Giving ...... 29 The Giver of the Name ...... 30 And She Called His Name Samson ...... 31 The Cult of the Sun ...... 33 Why Samson? ...... 36
Chapter Three Ascetic or Casanova? ...... 41 The Law of the Nazirite ...... 42 Samson’s Mother ...... 44 Hannah and Manoah’s Wife ...... 46 Lifelong Nazirism ...... 51 Casanova ...... 55 VIII Samson: The Hero and the Man
Chapter Four On the Way to the Wedding ...... 59 Legal Restrictions ...... 60 The Economic Factor ...... 64 Recommendations for Choosing a Spouse ...... 66 Monogamy or Polygamy ...... 67 The Age of Marriage ...... 69 Samson’s Choice ...... 71
Chapter Five Pre-Nuptials ...... 77 Selecting a Bride – Who Gives the Bride Away ...... 77 Negotiations Before Marriage ...... 80 Bride Price ...... 82 Dowry ...... 88 Samson’s Agreement ...... 91
Chapter Six The Wedding Ceremony ...... 93 Preparations for the Ceremony ...... 94 Wedding Attire ...... 96 The Attendants ...... 99 Escorting the Bride to the Groom’s House ...... 100 The Ceremony ...... 103 The Bridal Chamber ...... 105 Marital Relations ...... 106 Samson’s Marriage ...... 107 Samson’s Riddle ...... 111
Chapter Seven To Thine Companion that is Better than Thou ...... 117 The Woman from Timnath and “The Other” ...... 124 Contents IX
Chapter Eight The Oldest Profession in the World ...... 133 A Peer into the Life of a Harlot ...... 134 Samson in Gaza ...... 143 Enkidu’s Transformation ...... 144 Enkidu and Samson ...... 147
Chapter Nine No Joyous Loves ...... 149 The Love of Rachel ...... 149 Isaac the Lover ...... 153 Love and Torment ...... 155 The Love of Kings ...... 158 Michal, the Daughter of Saul ...... 159 Hannah the Barren Woman ...... 163
Chapter Ten The Power of Seduction ...... 165 Checkmate ...... 170 Delilah and Potiphar’s Wife ...... 176
Chapter Eleven Go Up, Thou Bald Head ...... 181 Who Shaved Samson ...... 182 The Power of Hair ...... 186 Hair in Rites of Passage ...... 191 Absalom’s Locks ...... 196
Chapter Twelve The Blind Man Who Sees the Future ...... 201 The Motif of Sight ...... 207 Sighted or Blind? ...... 214 X Samson: The Hero and the Man
Chapter Thirteen “Let Me Die with the Philistines” ...... 219 The Value of Human Life ...... 223 The End of Life ...... 225 Let Me Die ...... 233 And You Shall Choose Life ...... 240
Chapter Fourteen On Animals and Humans ...... 245 The Bible’s Attitude toward Animals ...... 245 Pure and Impure ...... 248 Animals in the Story of Samson ...... 250 The Kid ...... 251 The Lion ...... 253 Bees ...... 257 The Heifer ...... 259 The Fox ...... 260 The Ass ...... 265
Chapter Fifteen Samson the Hero Lives On ...... 271 Who is a Hero? ...... 271 The Mythological Residue ...... 276 Samson Lives On ...... 281
Bibliography ...... 285
Index of References ...... 323