Contents: problem of the Samson story; historical background; home of the Samson legend; Samson's birth; Samson's life, the biblical account; Samson's adventures; solar myths; death and resurrection of the sun. Appendices contain two essays by George W. Shaw entitled Mythopoeic Erudition and Shemesh and Samson, also includes an essay by the author entitled How History is Transfigured by Myth.