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The Legend of Samson (Paperback)
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The Legend of Samson (Paperback)
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Loot Price R375
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WHEN an author can presume that his readers share his views on
things in general, and also accept like principles respecting the
special sphere to which his subject belongs, it may be fitting to
descend from the general to the particular. But when, as is now
more frequently the case, no such assumption can be made, the
opposite course, from the particular to the general, is preferable
for the sake of both the matter and the manner of the investigation
itself. I shall therefore adopt it. I shall, therefore, at the
outset leave out of the question what view it is possible to hold
respecting the growth of the people of Israel, and especially of
their monotheism. I shall not proceed on the assumption that any
particular view is proved true, but try whether, after the
consideration of our subject in its details, any result affecting
general questions is reached. I also for the present leave
undetermined the value of the Biblical Books as sources of history,
the period of the composition of the separate books, and even their
relative age i.e. the earlier or later compilation of one with
reference to others. For all these are still disputed points; and I
desire not to build upon any unproved assumption, but to see how
much can be contributed to the solution of the questions that
arise. Even the question, whether, and how far, we are justified in
treating the history of Samson in the Bible as legend,1 may be left
to be answered only from the result of the following enquiry. If,
on comparing these stories with other nations stories, similarities
are discovered alongside of much that is dissimilar, nothing shall,
in the first in stance, be decided about the cause and significance
of such similarities, but new investigation shall be made on the
subject.
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