Samson : hero or fool? : the many faces of Samson / edited by Erik Eynikel, Tobias Nicklas.
Contributor(s): Eynikel, Erik [editor.]
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TextSeries: Themes in biblical narrative: v. 17.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014Description: x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004262171 (hardback : alk. paper); 9004262172 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Samson (Biblical judge) -- Congresses | Bible. Judges, XVI-XVIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses | Bible. Judges -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- CongressesDDC classification: 222/.32092 LOC classification: BS580.S15 | S26 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Selections originally presented at an international conference at the University of Nijmegen in April, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The structure and meaning of the Samson narratives (Jud. 13-16) / Elie Assis -- The many faces of Samson / J. Cheryl Exum -- A hero ensnared in otherness? : literary images of Samson / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher -- Samson and Samuel : two examples of leadership / Lara van der Zee -- Who cut Samson's hair? : the interpretation of Judges 16:19a reconsidered / Cornelis Houtman -- The Septuagint reading of the Samson cycle / Natalio Fernández Marcos -- Rabbinic discourse about Samson : continuity and change between the Tannaitic culture to the Amoraic / Ronit Nikolsky -- Of valour and strength : the Samson cycle in Josephus' work : Jewish Antiquities 5.276-317 / Tessel M. Jonquière -- Kein Simson im Neuen Testament? / Tobias Nicklas -- Samson in Islamic literature and in the Old Testament / Erik Eynikel -- Samson in music / Kees Wisse -- Samson in European literature : some examples from English, French and German poetry / Karin Schöpflin -- The looks of a hero : some aspects of Samson in fine arts / Klaas Spronk -- Obsessive love : Samson and Delilah go to the movies / Reinhold Zwick.