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Haaretz ' s Elon Gilad writes "some biblical stories are flat-out cautions against marrying foreign women, none more than the story of Samson", [27] noting that Samson's relationship with Delilah leads to his demise. [27] He contrasts this to what he sees as a more positive portrayal of intermarriage in the Book of Ruth. [27]
Conversely, Elon Gilad of Haaretz writes "some biblical stories are flat-out cautions against marrying foreign women, none more than the story of Samson". [68] Gilad notes how Samson's parents disapprove of his desire to marry a Philistine woman and how Samson's relationship with Delilah leads to his demise. [68]
They begin a relationship, and Delilah convinces Samson of her love, ultimately seducing him into telling her the secret of his strength, and renders him helpless. Samson is therefore captured by the Philistines, who blind him and make him into a slave, forcing him to grind grain at a millstone.
"Samson and Delilah" (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), an episode of the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Samson and Delilah, the club mascots of the Sunderland A.F.C. English football club "Samson and Delilah" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence in his short story collection England, My England and Other Stories
Judges 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the ...
Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American epic romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures.It depicts the biblical story of Samson, a strongman whose secret lies in his uncut hair, and his love for Delilah, the woman who seduces him, discovers his secret, and then betrays him to the Philistines.
Alternative singer PJ Harvey mentions the story of Samson and Delilah in her song "Hair." The Arctic Monkeys music video Black Treacle is a take on the story of Samson and the lion. Christian comedian Tim Hawkins wrote a parody of the Plain White-T's song "Hey There, Delilah" based on the story of Samson and Delilah.
Samson and Delilah is a 1984 television film adaptation of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah directed by Lee Philips and starring Max von Sydow, Belinda Bauer, Antony Hamilton, Daniel Stern and Victor Mature. Mature played Samson in the 1949 film and had a small cameo as the father of Antony Hamilton's Samson. This was his final acting role.