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Delilah |
1 Mar 2007 |
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 Delilah; ripe for rehabilitation?
The story of Samson and Delilah is one of the Bible’s most enduring – how the warrior was laid low by betrayal and a pair of scissors. A new novel by the American author David Maine has Samson looking back on his life as he’s blind, shaved and chained to the enormous pillars of a pagan temple. Figuring large is his relationship with Delilah.
Jenni is joined by David Maine and the historian Diane Purkiss to examine the woman and the myths of Delilah.
Peter Paul RUBENS, Samson and Delilah 1609 – 10 National Gallery, London
David Maine’s novel ‘The Book of Samson’ is published by Canongate ISBN 9781841958859The National Gallery: Peter Paul Rubens: Samson and DelilahDisclaimer
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