This particular story is fascinating and I think resonates with the Middle East today. On Wikipedia, a scholar says "In contrast, James King West considers that the hostilities between the Philistines and Hebrews appear to be of a "purely personal and local sort".[57] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson#cite_note-West1971-58> He also considers that Samson stories have, in contrast to much of Judges, an "almost total lack of a religious or moral tone" What's really interesting here is the idea of the "local skirmish" - which is how it reads to me. And now, throughout much of the world, local skirmishes are occurring at greater and greater frequency, I think, driven by climate change and the resulting starvation, hoarding of resources, over-populations, and so forth. Industrialization has ruined us all; Azure and I have tried going totally without plastic - and at least where we live, that's an impossibility. So the Samson story is oddly "modern" sounding. The issues of nationalism and race are troubling of course, and today I can imagine all the events occurring over a 25km radius, so to speak - people and peoples moving back and forth, absolutist religions creating "fights" and so forth. Great writing! - Best, Alan (about to join a cult where we'll attack Cranston, the next town over!) -
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 2:51 PM Edward Picot via NetBehaviour < netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > 'The Doubter's Mysteries' are an attempt to write a short cycle of > Mystery Plays - ie. plays based on Bible stories, like the Medieval > Mystery Plays of York, Chester and Wakefield - from the point of view of > a sceptical modern audience; an audience which either doesn't believe in > God, or can't work out what he's playing at. > > There are fourteen of these plays, and the seventh is now online: 'Samson'. > > http://edwardpicot.com/mysteries/07samson.html (or for the full series > so far, visit http://edwardpicot.com/mysteries) > > - Edward Picot > http://edwardpicot.com - personal website > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 718-813-3285**email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>* *=====================================================*
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