Season 2: Episode 66
Samson: Hero or Psychopath?
Date Aired: 5/13/2024
Of all the problematic heroes in the Hebrew Bible, Samson takes first prize. Samson is hailed as a hero of the Israelites—a “Nazirite” consecrated to God with superhuman strength—but he’s also a mass murderer, womanizer, and all-around menace to society. Helen and Dave welcome Mahri Leonard-Fleckman to the podcast to try to make sense of the wild (and wildly entertaining) Samson cycle.
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