Samson's riddle
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Samson's riddle
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Samson's riddle is found in the biblical Book of Judges, where it is incorporated into a larger narrative about Samson, the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites. The riddle, with which Samson challenges his thirty wedding guests, is as follows: "Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet." The solution is apparently impossible to discern through deduction alone, since it is based on a private experience of Samson's, who had previously killed a youn
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Narrative in the biblical Book of Judges
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2024-03-29T07:26:11Z
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