This week we talk about two stories from the bible and dive into their possible modern day context.

Rowan shares the tale of Samson and Delilah and Tracey talks about Sodom and Gomorrah

https://chrt.fm/track/BG7BG3/

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States#:~:text=A%202014%20study%20of%20college,college%20are%20independent%20of%20race. 

The Reformation Project

https://reformationproject.org/case/sodom-and-gomorrah/

Westar Institute 

https://www.westarinstitute.org/blog/sodom-and-gomorrah-how-the-classical-interpretation-gets-it-wrong/

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2018/12/04/new-science-suggests-biblical-city-of-sodom-was-smote-by-an-exploding-meteor/?sh=3686dfc5c677

Reconstructing Judaism

https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/destruction-cities-sodom-and-gomorrah

BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/cultures/sodom_gomorrah_01.shtml

National Geographic

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/samson-true-weakness-hair-delilah

Jewish News

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/the-bible-says-what-samson-was-a-misogynist-and-mass-murderer/

My Jewish Learning

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/samson/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/eshet-manoah/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/sotah-hot-topic/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/delilah/

Bible Gateway

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2016&version=NIV

Bible Study Tools

https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-stories/samson-and-delilah.html

Chabad.com

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112512/jewish/The-Story-of-Samson-and-Delilah-in-the-Bible.htm

Crosswalk.com

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/the-truth-about-samson-and-delilahs-shocking-love-story.html

Jstor.com “The Riddle of Samson” Journal

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20689009?seq=1

Jewish Virtual Library

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/samson

JTA.org

https://www.jta.org/jewniverse/2012/samson-meet-delilah

Independent.co.uk

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/lion-s-honey-the-myth-of-samson-by-david-grossman-trans-stuart-schoffman-479702.html

Bible Bash Podcast

https://www.northernspiritradio.org/bible-bash-podcast/tie-me-delilah-judges-16

JWA.org

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/women-in-samsons-life-midrash-and-aggadah

Twitter

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