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Description

Israel's most lauded contemporary writer retells the myth of Samson, one of the most tempestuous, charismatic, and colorful characters in the Hebrew Bible. There are few other Bible stories with so much drama and action, narrative fireworks and raw emotion, as we find in the tale of Samson:... read more

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First Sentence

There is a point in the Samson story - the moment when he falls asleep on Delilah's lap - that seems to absorb and encapsulate the entire tale.

Series

This book is in the Canongate Myth Series series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. David Grossman (Author)
 

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