Advisor | Wilson-Okamura, David Scott, 1970- | en_US |
Author | Pittman, Joshua W. | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2014-06-15T15:29:50Z | |
Date Available | 2017-02-07T22:22:34Z | |
Date of Issue | 2014 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4393 | |
Description | This thesis examines rabbinic commentaries on the Samson story and the ways in which Milton appropriates or differs from these interpretations. It considers the critical debate over whether Samson's character and violent life are justified and seeks to reconcile critics who justify Samson with those who vilify him. It argues that seeing Samson as a type of Christ, but an incomplete type, at least partially obviates this dissension by making Samson sinful while also allowing his final action to serve the will of God. | en_US |
Extent | 63 p. | en_US |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | en_US |
Language | | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Subject | British and Irish literature | en_US |
Subject | Religion | en_US |
Subject | Christian tragedy | en_US |
Subject | Rabbis | en_US |
Subject | Tragedy | en_US |
Subject | Violence | en_US |
Subject | Samson Agonistes | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Milton, John, 1608-1674--Knowledge--Judaism | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Milton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Samson (Biblical judge)--In literature | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Rashi, 1040-1105 | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Kimhi, David, approximately 1160-approximately 1235 | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344 | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 | |
Title | "Of my own accord" : Milton's Dialogue with the Rabbis in Samson Agonistes | en_US |
Type | Master's Thesis | en_US |
Department | English | en_US |
Degree | M.A. | en_US |