Talk:Delilah

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Contents 1 Needs Elaboration 2 The {} sign/s 3 Clarity 4 "Etymology" 5 Was Delilah a Philistine?

[edit] Needs Elaboration

This article seems to assume prior knowledge of the story itself. It could do with a much beefier introduction. Not enough of the basics (which were the reason I came here, as I've never read the story myself).

[edit] The {} sign/s

One or more of the sign/s: {{NPOV}}{{expansion}}{{Cleanup}} placed on this page without any discussion, explanation or reasoning have been removed pending further discussion. (The category Category:Bible stories is now up for a vote for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Bible stories) Thank you. IZAK 11:01, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Clarity

Mythic elements in the tale do not necessarily undercut a historic reality for a cultural champion, given the name Samson.

I don't understand what this sentence means. It has the tone of a counterargument, but I don't see anything preceding this line in the article that it would be disputing. If it's a legitimate point, then the language needs to be cleaned up (e.g., "undercut" is a very odd verb in this context, and "given the name Samson" requires explanation) — but if not, then it needs to be deleted. Cribcage 15:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Etymology"

.." meaning "[One who] weakened or uprooted or donkey" "Donkey"? Common sense suggests the possibility of an error in this "etymology". --Wetman 19:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Just some anon vandalism that remained longer than normal, it seems. Nufy8 06:19, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Was Delilah a Philistine?

I always presumed that Delilah was a Philistine woman, because she appeared to be 'on their side'. And I actually edited the Samson article to reflect this.

Having done this however, I began to have doubts, and reading the text, there is no mention of Delilah's ethnic origins. The only clue is that she came from the valley of Sorek, wherever that may have been (commentators put it between Philistia and Judah, which is not helpful). she could just as easily have been a treacherous Hebrew woman.

If anyone has any clue as to the answer (perhaps there is no answer though), I'd be happy to know it.

Nick Michael 14:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Time for a Bare mentions of "Delilah" in market-driven culture article, don't you think? --Wetman 06:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Expand on what you mean? Might just be a section in this article. And the article title could be improved. Lentower 17:01, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I second the Wetman's proposal with enthusiasm. It currently is just a section in this article - and with far too much prominence IMHO. Same goes for Samson, although less so. Trouble is, should sections such as Other cultural references (art, classical music, literature...) have their own article(s) too? --Nick Michael 19:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)