Shimshon [Samson]

Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Ze'ev) (1880 -1940) (Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky, Altalena). [Translated from the Russian by Baruch Krupnik (1887-1972]

Published by Avraham Yosef Stiebel, Berlin - Tel Aviv, 1930

About this Item

In Hebrew. 340 pages. 196 x 145 mm. WorldCat: Libraries worldwide that own item: 12. Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky (1880 -1940), Zionist leader, founder of Revisionist Party, was involved in Zionist politics since 1900 in Russia, was famous as a publicist, poet, essayist, and orator in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish; he founded the Jewish Legion in the first world war, and in the 1920's founded the right-wing Revisionist Zionist movement Betar, after having broken with mainstream Zionism. "The Zionist leader was also a brilliant novelist whose take on the biblical story of Samson is rich with blood and lust. But given the author's identity, the book, while hugely entertaining, never strays far from political parable. As it draws to its end, the blind and defeated Samson has this advice for the Israelites as they once again face their sworn enemies: "they must get iron; they must choose a king; and they must learn to laugh." (Tablet Magazine's "101 Great Jewish Books"). Seller Inventory # 016103

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shimshon [Samson]

Publisher: Avraham Yosef Stiebel, Berlin - Tel Aviv

Publication Date: 1930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket