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Samson

Samson (/ˈsæmsən/; Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן, romanized: Šimšōn, lit. 'man of the sun') was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" the twelve tribes of Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes regarded as an Israelite version of the…

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Parents
Manoah (father) · not named (mother)
Partner
Delilah
Predecessor
Abdon
Resting place
Zorah, Nahal Sorek
Successor
Eli

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related to Christian interpretations · 28
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related to Death by suicide · 23
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related to References to Samson in media and the arts · 23
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related to Death · 22
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related to Rabbinic literature · 21
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related to Birth · 19
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related to Marriage to a Philistine · 17
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related to Sources · 16
Samson → American Foreign Policy, Archived, Barzani, Feinstein, Hebrew, Hersh, History, Israel, Israel's Nuclear Arsenal, June, May, Random HouseKlein, Seymour, The Samson Option, Today, Yair
related to Islamic literature · 15
Samson → Abu Hatim Muhammad, Arabic, God, Hadith, However, Ibn Abi Hatim, Idris, Islamic, Israelite, Jabr, Mujahid, Quran, Razi, Shamshūn, The Quran
related to Archaeology · 12
Samson → According, BCE, Beth Shemesh, Dr, Haaretz, In August, Prof, Rather, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Tel Aviv University, The, Zvi Lederman

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SamsonParentsManoah (father)1.00infobox
SamsonParentsnot named (mother)1.00infobox
SamsonPartnerDelilah1.00infobox
SamsonPredecessorAbdon1.00infobox
SamsonResting placeZorah, Nahal Sorek1.00infobox
SamsonSuccessorEli1.00infobox
Samsonis aHebrew variant of the same international Near Eastern folk hero which inspired the earlier Mesopotamian Enkidu and the later Greek Heracles0.90text
Ya'qub ibn Syaibahinstance ofal-Dhahabi also reported that the tradition from Muhammad Ibn Hamid were deemed inauthentic or flawed narrator by Hadith experts0.80text
Muhammad al-Bukhariinstance ofal-Dhahabi also reported that the tradition from Muhammad Ibn Hamid were deemed inauthentic or flawed narrator by Hadith experts0.80text
by Robin Bakerinstance ofAlthough this hypothesis is still sometimes promoted in scholarly circles0.80text
it has generally fallen out of favor due to the superficiality of supporting evidence.An interpretation far more popular among current scholars holds that Samson is a Hebrew variant of the same international Near Eastern folk hero which inspired the earlier Mesopotamian Enkiduinstance ofAlthough this hypothesis is still sometimes promoted in scholarly circles0.80text
the later Greek Heraclesinstance ofAlthough this hypothesis is still sometimes promoted in scholarly circles0.80text

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