The figure of Samson in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions
Subtitle: the myth and the man
By: Mishael M. Caspi and John T. Greene ; with a foreword by Azila Talit Reisenberger
Contributors: Greene, John T., author
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780773442788
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; In literature; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A woman, an angel, and a man; title: Samson and other Casanovas : Hercules and Arcite : Samson in modern literature : Samson in the Arabic literature; title: The sun man : some thoughts on Samson and his importance in biblical literature and for ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean/Aegean mythology and modern archaeology; title: Samson among the church fathers, the medievalists, and the Protestant fathers; title: The modern world reacts to Samson.