Samson: Hero or Fool?

The Many Faces of Samson
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-26217-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: Themes in Biblical Narrative

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

M M Eynikel, Erik

Nicklas, Tobias

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Elie Assis, The Structure and Meaning of the Samson Narratives (Jud. 13-16)

J. Cheryl Exum, The Many Faces of Samson

Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, A hero ensnared in otherness? Literary images of Samson

Lara van der Zee, Samson and Samuel: Two Examples of Leadership

Cornelis Houtman, Who Cut Samson’s Hair? The Interpretation opf Judges 16:19a Reconsidered:

Natalio Fernández Marcos, The Septuagint Reading of Samson Cycle

Ronit Nikolsky, Rabbinic Discourse about Samson. Continuity and change between the Tannaitic Culture to the Amoraic

Tessel M. Jonquière, Of Valour and Strength. The Samson Cycle in Josephus’ work: Jewish Antiquities 5.276-317

Tobias Nicklas, No Simson in the New Testament?

Erik Eynikel, Samson in Islamic literature and in the Old Testament

Kees Wisse, Samson in Music

Karin Schöpflin, Samson in European Literature. Some Examples from English, French and German Poetry

Klaas Spronk, The Looks of a Hero: Some Aspects of Samson in Fine Arts

Über Autor(innen)

Erik Eynikel, STD (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1989), Professor for Biblical Languages at the University of Regensburg (Germany) has published on the Deuteronomistic History and Lexicography of the Septuagint. He is the editor of foreign language editions of the International Bible Commentary (University of Dallas)

Tobias Nicklas, Ph.D. (2000), Habilitation (2004), is Chair of New Testament at the Faculty of Theology, University of Regensburg. He has published widely on New Testament and Christian apocryphal texts, New Testament hermeneutics and textual history.