Samson : : hero or fool? : the many faces of Samson / / edited by Erik Eynikel, Tobias Nicklas.

• Superior document: Themes in Biblical Narrative, Volume 17
• TeilnehmendeR: Eynikel, Erik,; Nicklas, Tobias,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in biblical narrative ; Volume 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; The Structure and Meaning of the Samson Narratives (Jud. 13–16) /; The Many Faces of Samson /; A Hero Ensnared in Otherness? Literary Images of Samson /; Samson and Samuel: Two Examples of Leadership /; Who Cut Samson’s Hair? The Interpretation of Judges 16:19a Reconsidered /; The Septuagint Reading of the Samson Cycle /; Rabbinic Discourse about Samson: Continuity and Change between the Tannaitic Culture to the Amoraic /; Of Valour and Strength: The Samson Cycle in Josephus’ work: Jewish Antiquities 5.276–317 /; Kein Simson im Neuen Testament? /; Samson in Islamic Literature and in the Old Testament /; Samson in Music /; Samson in European Literature: Some Examples from English, French and German Poetry /; The Looks of a Hero: Some Aspects of Samson in Fine Arts /; Obsessive Love: Samson and Delilah Go to the Movies /; Index of Modern Authors --; Index of Biblical References.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004262369
• ISSN: 1388-3909
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Erik Eynikel, Tobias Nicklas.

Samson is a peculiar character. He is the most powerful of the Israelite judges and three whole chapters in the book of Judges are allocated to him. Yet he demonstrates many weaknesses, not least for the charms of women. In the international conference “Samson: Hero or Fool?” organised at the University of Nijmegen in April, 2008, the texts of Judges 16-18 were studied from different perspectives, investigating how the complex character of this (anti)hero lived on in various ways in the later traditions about him. The contributions discuss also the reception history of the Samson traditions in later Jewish, Christian and Islamic literature, as well as his representation in figurative and performing arts