Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Banyai Michael" <banyai AT t-online.de>]

George Athas wrote:

> Yes, I was in fact referring to this claim. My memory fails me on this one
>  too, though. I
> haven't, however, heard of a connection between Samson and Achilles. Both
>  have the love of
> a woman (Delilah in Samson's case, Briseis in Achilles' case) as a real 
> thorn
>  in the side,
> and both meet tragic ends which happen to facilitate a great defeat of the
>  enemy.

Have you ever thought about the parallel between Samson and Enkidu?...
The later seems to be, what Samson was, a Nasirean. His hair wear (in 
Babylonian representations frequently wrongy attributed to Gilgamesh) is 
similar, he looses his magic "Nasirean" strength by a woman. So on...


Best regards,

Banyai Michael