myth interpretation · myth_samson_philistine_borderland
Samson cycle as Philistine-Israelite borderland heroic tradition
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: plausible but unverified. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Research assessment
tests
- Do named places fit Iron I/Iron II settlement?
- Are Philistine practices represented accurately or stereotypically?
- Which motifs are widespread folktale types?
important caveat
No individual Samson event is treated as independently attested.Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
On the Constitution and Transformation of Philistine Identity — Aren M. Maeir, Louise A. Hitchcock, Liora Kolska Horwitz (2013)Provides historical social setting.
Locator: Philistine border and identity dynamics - informs · contextualizes
The So-Called Deuteronomistic History — Thomas Römer (2020)Supports later editing.
Locator: Judges literary context