Samson and the Liminal Hero in the Ancient Near East

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Mobley is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre! MA! USA and is the author of The Empty Men: The Heroic Tradition in Ancient Israel . Zusammenfassung Samson's special quality, noted by virtually all interpreters, is defined here as liminality. The liminal situation, which includes a movement away from society, the lack of social restraints, and the status of outsider, is a permanent condition for Samson. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Locating Samson 2. Field and House 3. Agitation and Rest 4. Male and Female 5. Samson Located

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• Authors: Gregory Mobley
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2006
• EAN: 9780567028426
• ISBN: 978-0-567-02842-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations