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s Elon Gilad writes "some biblical stories are flat-out cautions against marrying foreign women, none more than the story of Samson", noting that Samson's relationship with
Delilah leads to his demise. He contrasts this to what he sees as a more positive portrayal of intermarriage in the
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vow, symbolized by his uncut hair. The Hebrew text of the Bible says she cut Samson's hair while he slept; other variations of the text say "a man" or "a barber" cut Samson's hair. She then awoke him, and delivered him into the hands of the waiting
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and are supposed to "demonstrate the havoc that a foreign woman could wreak". The midrash says that Samson lost his strength because of his relationship with
Delilah, a foreign woman, and not because his hair was cut, and that the
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Delilah, as he was aware that Samson had "a weakness for women". Meyer sees Delilah's relationship with Samson as an example of how the devil exploits people's weaknesses.
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both view Delilah as a Philistine and a prostitute; Josey Bridges Snyder theorizes that this may be due to the fact that Book of Judges portrays Samson as being attracted to both Philistine women (
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woman given her apparent independence", noting that she is not "identified by a male relationship – the wife, daughter or sister of anyone" but simply "appears in her own right". Conversely,
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represents Delilah as a Philistine prostitute and declares that "men should avoid marriage with those outside the faith, lest, instead of love of one's spouse, there be treachery."
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does see Samson as prefiguring Christ, but argues that "in yielding to Delilah, Samson did not prefigure Christ. Instead he exemplified the fall of the sinful man". Similarly,
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state that Delilah harassed Samson verbally and physically during sex to get him to tell her the source of his strength. Midrashim on Delilah reveal negative attitudes toward
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says that Delilah used sex to get Samson to reveal his secret, in spite of the fact that the biblical text does not state that the two had a sexual relationship, while
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cutting his hair would cause God to allow him to lose his strength; since it was actually the decline of his spiritual state that caused him to lose God's favor.
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and the Sexual Division of Labor". In Ferguson, Margaret; Quilligan, Maurren; Vickers, Nancy (eds.).
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1990:"Regina Spektor Gives Chilling Performance Of 'Samson' On 'Late Show': Watch"
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1260:"Delilah:Midrash and Aggadah"
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556:Dolores G. Kamrada write in
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2335:The Wedding Feast of Samson
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1875:A History of Modern Culture
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750:One Thousand and One Nights
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1909:(1986). "Dalila's House:
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1841:Exum, J. Cheryl (1996).
1702:Lopate, Phillip (2003).
1616:Exum, J. Cheryl (1996).
1422:Heaster, Duncan (2017).
1385:Thomson, Edward (1838).
1138:Women's Bible Commentary
773:for the downfall of the
734:The Phantom of the Opera
587:, Carol Smith says that
21:Delilah (disambiguation)
1808:Encyclopedia Britannica
1779:Oxford University Press
1710:. Basic Books. p.
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1008:The Jewish Encyclopedia
706:Encyclopædia Britannica
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1526:"We Reap What We Sow"
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814:Newburgh Hamilton
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