By Tobias Nicklas, Erik M. M. Eynikel
Samson is a weird personality. he's the main strong of the Israelite judges and 3 complete chapters within the publication of Judges are allotted to him. but he demonstrates many weaknesses, now not least for the charms of ladies. within the overseas convention “Samson: Hero or Fool?” organised on the college of Nijmegen in April, 2008, the texts of Judges 16-18 have been studied from diverse views, investigating how the advanced personality of this (anti)hero lived on in quite a few methods within the later traditions approximately him. The contributions speak about additionally the reception background of the Samson traditions in later Jewish, Christian and Islamic literature, in addition to his illustration in figurative and acting arts.
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He further is portrayed as an arrogant and self confident man. The animosity towards the Philistines may also lead to Samson’s wish to destroy them. Burte’s Samson makes this very clear: ‘entwelten, ganz entarten und vernichten, entgotten’ (Burte 1917, 69). Samson wants to alienate the Philistines from the earth, from humankind and from God. Thus he wants to destroy their fundament and push them into otherness and finally into nothingness. Nevertheless, it is not always that simple: Burte’s Samson also senses a similarity between himself and the Philistines: ‘ihre Besten gleichen mir’ (Burte 1917, 73).
Sometimes such a pejorative opinion is supported by a Philistine voice. Röttger lets Delilah speak out: ‘Ich bin feig wie all mein Volk’ (Röttger 1921, 40). Samson’s view on the Philistines often holds xenophobic stereotypes. In Röttgers play Samson shows a very negative attitude towards the Philistines. Insultingly he describes their way of life as: ‘lebt schnell und flott, vorne hinein, unten raus, Herz habt ihr dabei nicht nötig’ (Röttger 1921, 9). Samson compares the Philistines to animals and even calls them ‘Höllensöhne/Höllenhunde’.
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