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Bonus 54: Manoah, father of Samson

History in the Bible

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Manoa: A Jewish Take on Hercules

The story of Manoa is very Hebrew because it's this old Hebrew trope of the infertile women and the same story that keeps played over and over again. I think whoever wrote this, I'm not going to be like Gil and try and assign an author, but it seems to be intentionally playing with the trope."

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