· Samson, in Grossman’s telling, has the eye of an artist and the tongue of a poet.” —The Globe and Mail “Grossman’s genius is his ability to make Samson completely plausible, and to make us accept that his conjectures in Lion’s Honey are real facts. With his profound knowledge of Israel, Grossman has illuminated Samson in Biblical times as well as our own and made the myth a tragic Brand: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. "Lion's Honey, The Myth of Samson," is a careful examination of four chapters in the Book of Judges in the Old Testament, which are included at the beginning of his analysis. Grossman meticulously weighs each sentence, holds each to the light, seeing the nuance, what was said, what wasn't, who was there, who wasn't.4/5(43). · Lion's Honey.: David Grossman. Knopf Canada, - Religion - pages. 12 Reviews. A consideration of one of the Bible’s most powerful stories from /5(12).
Editions for Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson: (Hardcover published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback. Lion's Honey - The Myth of Samson by David Grossman - paperback () published by Canongate 2 August A daring retelling of the story of Samson, from the author of the Man Booker International Prize-winning A Horse Walks Into a Bar. Lion's Honey ebook mid; The Myth of Samson By David Grossman. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts.
Into this mix comes prize-winning Israeli author David Grossman’s Lion’s Honey, with two important differences. First, it tells the story of Samson, whom many Israeli’s (not to mention Christian fundamentalists) today will see as anything but a mythic character – Grossman tells how a monument sprang up in the ’s at Samson’s. Lion's Honey.: A consideration of one of the Bible’s most powerful stories from a leading Israeli writer In this fascinating reexamination of the story of Samson, David Grossman goes beyond the surface of the familiar tale to look into what the life of this extraordinary man must have been like. What it felt like to have been “chosen” to. David Grossman is one of Israeli's pre-eminent novelists, perhaps best known for his book, The Yellow Wind: With a New Afterword by the Author. And through his writings, as well as his advocacy, he serves as a conscious for a nation. "Lion's Honey, The Myth of Samson," is a careful examination of four chapters in the Book of Judges in the Old.
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