I always thought that the heroic literature (Kings and Judges, largely) of the Tanakh gets a lot better when you realize you’re reading the Bronze Age Hebrew equivalent of Pacific Rim or Gurren Lagann:
He knew he’d been beaten, but NO, Samson was WAY too badass to let the Philistines win just because they cut his hair. So he prayed to God, got his powers back and PULLED THE WHOLE FALSE TEMPLE DOWN! How awesome is that?
I always thought that the heroic literature (Kings and Judges, largely) of the Tanakh gets a lot better when you realize you’re reading the Bronze Age Hebrew equivalent of Pacific Rim or Gurren Lagann:
He knew he’d been beaten, but NO, Samson was WAY too badass to let the Philistines win just because they cut his hair. So he prayed to God, got his powers back and PULLED THE WHOLE FALSE TEMPLE DOWN! How awesome is that?