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Well, he wasn't exactly a household name like Abraham or Moses, but he was a figure of incredible determination. We find him in Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg), ready to face a chal...
Take Othniel, for example, a figure from the Book of Judges. We're talking about a leader, a judge in Israel. You'd think a guy like that would be riding high. Well, yes and no. Ac...
And sometimes, out of that chaos, heroes rise. We've been talking about Deborah, one of the great judges and prophets of Israel. Can you imagine being a woman in that time, holding...
Let’s talk about Jephthah. You might remember him. He was one of the Judges of Israel, a military leader, a powerful figure. But he's also remembered for a vow he made, a vow that ...
We all know the story: the long hair, the Philistines, the betrayal by Delilah. But the tales surrounding Samson, as recounted in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, go far beyond what...
The tale of Samson is definitely one of those. We know him as this incredible strongman, but his story, as the Legends of the Jews retells it, is full of so much more than just bru...
We all know the story of Samson – the strongman betrayed by Delilah, his hair cut, his strength gone, his eyes gouged out by the Philistines. A tragic hero, to say the least. But e...
Like Samuel, for instance. He stands at the crossroads between the era of the Judges and the rise of the Kingdom, anointing both Saul and David as kings. But Samuel didn't just app...
Even back then, it was considered sacred ground, hallowed by the footsteps of Adam, Noah, and Abraham. According to tradition, it had been in the hands of the heathen – specificall...
