http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Muscular_Judaism.html This is a class that I taught in the winter of 2006 at Anshe Shalom. iWeb 2.0 http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Muscular_Judaism_files/Samson-and-Delilah.jpg http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Muscular_Judaism.html 60 no This is a class that I taught in the winter of 2006 at Anshe Shalom. This is a class that I taught in the winter of 2006 at Anshe Shalom. en http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Entries/2006/12/21_Muscular_Judaism_05.html d7a4c91e-10c6-4e5c-8605-bb87911c3969 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:44:53 -0600 <a href="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Media/Muscular%20Judaism%2005.m4a"><img src="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Media/Samson%20Destroys%20the%20Temple-1_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:300px; height:350px;"/></a>This is a cmbination of the last two classes. Due to a technical glitch, I have combined the two final classes in the series into one podcast. In this extended edition, we both begin and end in Gaza, where the dramatic climax of the story takes place. no 01:00:21 This is a cmbination of the last two classes. Due to a technical glitch, I have combined the two final classes in the series into one podcast. In this extended edition, we both begin and end in Gaza, where the dramatic climax of the story takes place. This is a cmbination of the last two classes. Due to a technical glitch, I have combined the two final classes in the series into one podcast. In this extended edition, we both begin and end in Gaza, where the dramatic climax of the story takes place. http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Entries/2006/11/30_Muscular_Judaism_04.html 2f8a2d2e-57e2-471a-bf48-5a84e93217cb Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:49:21 -0600 <a href="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Media/Muscular%20Judaism%2004.m4a"><img src="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Media/redfox-pair_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:332px; height:362px;"/></a>In this class, we discussed the escalating cycle of violence that resulted from Samson not getting his way with his first wife. We talked about what it means to call someone a hero when they commit repugnant acts of violence and we contemplated the notion that Samson might at times be struggling against his divine mission. no 00:52:31 In this class, we discussed the escalating cycle of violence that resulted from Samson not getting his way with his first wife. We talked about what it means to call someone a hero when they commit repugnant acts of violence and we contemplated the notion In this class, we discussed the escalating cycle of violence that resulted from Samson not getting his way with his first wife. We talked about what it means to call someone a hero when they commit repugnant acts of violence and we contemplated the notion that Samson might at times be struggling against his divine mission. http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Entries/2006/11/16_Muscular_Judaism_03.html bc90b478-518d-48bd-ac37-f534d7ce2652 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:53:03 -0600 <a href="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Media/Muscular%20Judaism%2003.mp3"><img src="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Media/rembrandt158.JPG_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:356px; height:249px;"/></a>In this class, we discussed Samson’s doomed relationship with the Timnite woman. We talked about the fact that the narrator has clued us in to the fact that Samson’s attraction to her was part of God’s plan to find a pretense to get at the Philistines. We also tried to understand the personal riddle that Samson tells at his drinking party and what it says about his character. no 00:48:52 In this class, we discussed Samson’s doomed relationship with the Timnite woman. We talked about the fact that the narrator has clued us in to the fact that Samson’s attraction to her was part of God’s plan to find a pretense to get a In this class, we discussed Samson’s doomed relationship with the Timnite woman. We talked about the fact that the narrator has clued us in to the fact that Samson’s attraction to her was part of God’s plan to find a pretense to get at the Philistines. We also tried to understand the personal riddle that Samson tells at his drinking party and what it says about his character. http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Entries/2006/11/9_Muscular_Judaism_02.html 114e4ad8-cef8-4369-a3d1-4878bd208c2b Thu, 9 Nov 2006 23:57:48 -0600 <a href="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Media/Muscular%20Judaism%2002.mp3"><img src="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Media/samson-1_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:200px; height:332px;"/></a>In this class, we continued to read the story and discussed Samson’s first attraction to the Timnite woman. We talked about the fact that the traditional interpreters find it difficult to accept the notion that a judge of Israel would marry a non-Jewish Philistine woman and how they expend an enormous amount of exegetical energy in arguing that these women converted to Judaism before marrying Samson. We also started to discuss Grossman’s thesis about the conflicted nature of our protagonist. no 00:51:43 In this class, we continued to read the story and discussed Samson’s first attraction to the Timnite woman. We talked about the fact that the traditional interpreters find it difficult to accept the notion that a judge of Israel would marry a non-J In this class, we continued to read the story and discussed Samson’s first attraction to the Timnite woman. We talked about the fact that the traditional interpreters find it difficult to accept the notion that a judge of Israel would marry a non-Jewish Philistine woman and how they expend an enormous amount of exegetical energy in arguing that these women converted to Judaism before marrying Samson. We also started to discuss Grossman’s thesis about the conflicted nature of our protagonist. http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Entries/2006/11/2_Muscular_Judaism_01.html 94c6a8c2-10a2-4266-a207-90d0f5737e58 Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:01:17 -0600 <a href="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Media/Muscular%20Judaism%2001.mp3"><img src="http://www.eliungar.com/Site/Muscular_Judaism/Media/666px-Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_028_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:332px; height:299px;"/></a>In this class, we introduced the subject as well as the context in which we will be looking at the story of Samson. We also discussed the literary method that will be used to approach the text and how it relates to traditional methods of Jewish interpretation. We began reading the text where we met Mr. and Mrs. Manoach. no 00:54:41 In this class, we introduced the subject as well as the context in which we will be looking at the story of Samson. We also discussed the literary method that will be used to approach the text and how it relates to traditional methods of Jewish interpreta In this class, we introduced the subject as well as the context in which we will be looking at the story of Samson. We also discussed the literary method that will be used to approach the text and how it relates to traditional methods of Jewish interpretation. We began reading the text where we met Mr. and Mrs. Manoach.