Zagadkowe relacje pomiędzy bohaterami sagi o Samsonie. Analiza wybranych elementów Sdz 13-16

Andrzej Łukasz  Jędrzejczak

doi:10.26142/stgd-2019-001

Published: 2019-09-01

Vol. 44 (2019)

The Puzzling Relations Between the Heroes of the Samson Saga. Analysis of Selected Elements Jud. 13-16

Andrzej Łukasz Jędrzejczak

Gdańsk Studies

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-001

Abstract

The Samson saga is an original part of the Hebrew Bible in which numerous understatements, puzzles and statements far from the truth appear. Successive heroes hide important information from one another, while the principal figure plays with his opponents by telling them puzzles. The main aim of this article is specify the successive elements which make up the narrative and which give the story as a whole its enigmatic character. The analysis of selected elements is intended to make the reader aware that the enigma of the Samson saga rests not only on the puzzles constructed by the principal figure, but also on the relationship between his parents and the angel of God.

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Samson, Philistines, The Book of Judges, puzzle

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Jędrzejczak, A. Łukasz . (2019). The Puzzling Relations Between the Heroes of the Samson Saga. Analysis of Selected Elements Jud. 13-16. Gdańsk Studies, 44, 15–28. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-001

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