OT Characters: Samson

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot23-samsonmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words:</strong></p><ul><li><i>Shimshon </i>(Samson). May be related to the Hebrew word for sun, <i>shemesh;</i> if so, here is a polytheistic overtone.</li><li>Appears 39x in the Bible</li></ul><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><ul><li>Passages covered in this podcast<ul><li>Judges 13-16</li><li>Scripture referred to in passing: Numbers 6:1-21; Romans 8:28; Judges 17:6, 18:1, 19:1; 21:25.</li></ul></li><li>More advanced<ul><li>Hebrews 11:32 -- compare the lives of the various persons of faith listed here along with Samson.</li><li>Study the effects of sexual temptation and sin in the lives of Samson, David, Absalom, Amnon...</li><li>Read the material on the Nazirites and parenting in <a href="https://ipibooks.ecwid.com/#!/Principle-Centered-Parenting/p/89909459/category=18671191"><i>Principle-Centered Parenting</i></a> (formerly <i>The Quiver)</i>, esp. focusing on Manoah's parenting of Samson. (Note: this book is also available in Spanish. The title is <i>La Aljaba.</i> Visit <a href="http://www.ipibooks.com/">www.ipibooks.com</a>.)</li><li>Extrabiblical<ul><li>See 4QSama, from the Dead Sea Scrolls: "A Nazirite forever all the days of his life."</li><li>Search the web for (superficial) parallels with Hercules and Gilgamesh. What would you say to critics claiming the Samson cycle has merely been copied from earlier pagan accounts?</li><li>Take a peek at a Philistine temple, similar to the one Samson brought down. Here is a <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.truthnet.org/Biblicalarcheology/7/Temple_Tel_Qasile.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.truthnet.org/Biblicalarcheology/7/Judges-Bible-Archeology.htm&usg=___u6FEH0tUGEndY-AXDNpw8LuDh8=&h=390&w=535&sz=56&hl=en&start=43">link</a>. Archaeologists have in fact uncovered two Philistine temples, at Tel Qasile (northern Tel Aviv) and at Tel Miqne (ancient Ekron, 21 miles S of Tel Aviv). Both temples share