Contents: problem of the Samson story; historical background; home of the Samson legend; Samson's birth; Samson's life, the biblical account; Samson's adventures; solar myths; death and resurrection of the sun. Appendices contain two essays by George W. Shaw entitled Mythopoeic Erudition and Shemesh and Samson, also includes an essay by the author entitled How History is Transfigured by Myth.
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WE have good reason to believe that in the days preceding the prophetic movement, the people of Israel were pagans as much as the Phoenicians and their other neighbors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
solar heroes, solar myth, twelve labors, dying god Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Beth Shemesh, Greek Heracles, Professor Moore, Professor Sayce, Tel Amarna New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Religion of the Semites by William Robertson Smith on page 93
- Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form by Michael Sims in Back Matter
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