Was Samson Black: The Bible Series Episode 2
Was Samson black? In The Bible series episode 2 on Sunday, Samson was represented by a black guy for the “Samson and Delilah” story.
See the video below:
Another video: An interview with actor Nonso Anozie who stars as Samson in The Bible Series.
Samson and Delilah – Story Summary:
When Samson fell for Delilah, a woman from the Valley of Sorek, it marked the beginning of his downfall and eventual demise. It didn’t take long for the rich and powerful Philistine rulers to learn of the affair and immediately pay a visit to Delilah. You see, Samson was judge over Israel at the time and had been taking out great vengeance on the Philistines—but that’s another story. Hoping to capture him, the Philistine leaders each offered Delilah a sum of money to collaborate with them in a scheme to uncover the secret of Samson’s great strength.
Using her powers of seduction and deception, Delilah persistently wore down Samson with her repeated requests, until he finally divulged the crucial information. Having taken the Nazirite vow at birth, Samson had been set apart to God. As part of that vow, his hair was never to be cut. When Samson told Delilah that his strength would leave him if a razor were to be used on his head, she cunningly crafted her plan with the Philistine rulers.
While Samson slept on her lap, Delilah called in a co-conspirator to shave off the seven braids of his hair. Subdued and weak, Samson was captured.
Rather than killing him, the Philistines preferred to humiliated him by gouging out his eyes and subjecting him to hard labor in a Gaza prison. As he slaved at grinding grain, his hair began to grow, but the careless Philistines paid no attention. And in spite of his horrible failures and sins of great consequence, Samson’s heart now turned to the Lord. He was humbled. He prayed to God—a first—and God answered.
During a pagan sacrificial ritual, the Philistines had gathered in Gaza to celebrate. As was their custom, they paraded their prized enemy prisoner into the temple to entertain the jeering crowds. Samson braced himself between the two central support pillars of the temple and pushed with all his might. Down came the temple, killing Samson and all of the people in it. Through his death, Samson destroyed more of his enemies in this one sacrificial act, than he had previously killed in all the battles of his life.
SAMSON WAS NOT BLACK. He was Israelite. He did not cut his hair, therefore he must have either tied it back, or left it long in curls. He would not have had dredlocks as this was a more modern form of hairstyle. This current revisionist and PC depiction of a Negro biblical character in place of a Caucausian is just rediculous and completely wrong.
Lee,
I agree a 100% with your comment! I’m so tired of today’s Hollywood masking the reality and truth as told in the Torah and Holy Bible to make it more acceptable to their self enlightened ideals which mean nothing to any of us. They may have to answer for the changing of the truth though I’m sure they believe the basic tenets as written are correct. I feel telling the truth exactly as noted in the Bible is critical.
im pretty sure if one reads the bible the answer will be there for you.
I’m sure Samuel was blonde haired and blue eyed too. Calm down.
Samson was Caucasian? Since when do people from Hebrew descent equal Caucasian. Samson was from the tribe of Dan. It has been suggested for a very long times by historians that many of the Jews in Africa are descendants of the tribe of Dan. Regardless of whether or not he was black, we know that this middle eastern man WAS NOT Caucasian. The Ashkenazi Jews with white skin that we see today are a mixture of Hebrew and Polish/German/Russian etc descent. There are also Sephardic Jews with darker skin who descend from Spain. The Jews who basically never left the area of the middle east are Mizrahi Jews and skin from tan to to brown and hair from curly to kinky. It is amazing how the very idea that someone from bible times might have dark skin is absurd to some people. Jesus/Yeshua did not have blonde hair and blue eyes either; he was not Caucasian.
I was more interested in the burning bush question of being mt horeb or mt Sinai. I know some historians/bible scholars say they are one and the same, but there are others that say it is two different mt. in the seies they say mt Sinai. still studying on this to see where the evidence leads.
it is digusting that the producers of the “Bible” said they were sticking to the right interpretation of the Bible on O’Reilly. Then the put a black man as Samson. What a bunch of liars.
Isrealites are Caucasian since there are only three races in the world. They are a semitic people but too many want to change history for no apparent logical reason.
No one can say for sure if Samson was black or not, but even if he had been a fictional character, one would think that a person depicted with physical strength would be a black man. The actor who portrayed him looked like a man with physical strength. If a skinny man with pale skin, blond hair, blue eyes and barely any muscles had been cast to play the role, it really would have been laughable. Only God knows the true story of the bible.
I expect my 8 year old to make literal interpretations only, but why are grown people doing so? If you are looking for accuracy, read the Bible, don’t look for it in this series–that’s the beauty of all literature that you should expect from film. (because the movie is always just like the book, right?) But, if you are going for creativity that leads to interpretations as various as the many of us there are in this world, (and of course getting a dose of spirituality along with it) that’s this movie. The Bible OF COURSE has literal and contextual meanings, but the most important obviously is the spiritual! (I’m sure those who need God or need answers really don’t care–they just want the message) Furthermore, if seeing your Biblical heroes portrayed differently than what your limited mind pictures bothers you, then that’s a different issue to tackle altogether and I’m guessing that you should open your heart and mind for God’s insight. Do people really think that all they will see in heaven is people who look like them? (Yeah, because that’s what God is all about; more one-race churches and continual portrayals of white actors as natives from the Middle East)
i find it most interesting that so-called Christians are prejudice. People who call themselves followers of CHRIST.
i don’t care if Sampson or any other people in THE BIBLE were black or not . . . it doesn’t matter . . . Do you honestly believe Heaven will be made up of just whites, or blacks or any other race? Read THE WORD OF G-D and take a good look at yourself. Do you line up with HIS WORD?
Why are you so afraid of any race, other than white?
Just because your skin is fair, doesn’t mean you are Perfect.
Christians stop going by what the world says is right and find out what GOD SAYS IS RIGHT.