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Samson's and Jesus' births were both foretold by angels, [48] who predicted that they would save their people. [48] Samson was born to a barren woman, [48] and Jesus was born of a virgin. [48] Samson defeated a lion; Jesus defeated Satan, whom the First Epistle of Peter describes as a "roaring lion looking for someone to devour". [49]
Girra, god of fire in Akkadian and Babylonian records; Gibil, skilled god of fire and smithing in Sumerian records; Ishum, god of fire who was the brother of the sun god Shamash, and an attendant of Erra; Nusku, god of heavenly and earthly fire and light, and patron of the arts; Shamash, ancient Mesopotamian Sun god
Samson (HWV 57) is a three-act oratorio from 1743 by George Frideric Handel, considered to be one of his finest dramatic works. It is usually performed as an oratorio in concert form, but on occasions has also been staged as an opera .
God of fire, metalworking, and crafts. Either the son of Zeus and Hera or Hera alone, he is the smith of the gods and the husband of the adulterous Aphrodite . He was usually depicted as a bearded, crippled man with hammer, tongs, and anvil, and sometimes riding a donkey.
Judges 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the ...
Gerard de Jode, Samson Tying the Firebrands to the Foxes' Tails, ca. 1550 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Etienne Delaune, Samson Setting Fire to the Wheat of the Philistines, ca. 1575 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; H.B. , Samson and Delilah, ca. 1800 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Gustave Doré, Death of Samson, 1865
Articles relating to Samson ("man of the sun"), the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy.
Samson Slaying a Philistine is a marble sculpture created around 1562 by Giambologna, one of the most significant artists of the late Renaissance. Originally commissioned by Francesco de' Medici for a fountain in Florence , this sculpture was later gifted to Spain's Duke of Lerma and displayed in the gardens of the Palacio de la Ribera ...