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Anti-social Samson
by Alison Motluk
February 14, 2001

Eric Altschuler from the University of California at San Diego and his colleagues say that Samson showed signs of no fewer than six of the seven behaviours associated with antisocial personality disorder. Samson routinely got into fights, and once killed 1000 Philistines single-handedly and then gloated over it, showing no remorse. He also showed a reckless disregard for his own safety when he told Delilah, a woman who'd tried to kill him three times before, the secret of his strength. The researchers note that Samson also burned Philistine fields, which showed both his impulsivity and his inability to conform to social norms. He was deceitful, not telling his parents, for instance, that he got honey from the carcass of a lion. And like many people with ASPD, Samson behaved badly as a child: setting things on fire, torturing animals, stealing, and bullying other children. A whole chapter is devoted to Samson's mother being warned by angels not to drink while she's pregnant.

Philistines: Giving Goliath His Due by Neal Bierling foreword by Joe E. Seger Marco Polo Monographs, No. 7. Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines foreword by Paul L. Maier online version

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Ethnic Groups in Philistia
Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines | Neal Bierling
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Philistines, But Less And Less Philistine
NYT | 3-12-2007 | John Noble Wilford
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[martin_fierro]

Got a sudden hankering for pancakes.

[rfp1234]

Are they ancestors of the modern Paleostinians?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"They prepared meals in a characteristic sealed pottery vessel suited to long cooking times at low heat... the Philistines ate mainly pork..."

In other words... Carnitas!

Mmm. Gooooood eatin'!

[metesky]

Dog is supposed to be good eatin’. Dog became the favorite food of the Lewis and Clark expidition and at times those boys were working so hard they were eating uo to 13 lbs of meat a day!

[Ciexyz]

History bump.