Full Idea
Sampson is the outstanding example of the point which the Book of Judges makes again and again, that the Lord and society are often served by semi-criminal types, outlaws and misfits, who become folk-heroes and then religious heroes.
Gist of Idea
Sampson illustrates the idea that religious heroes often begin as outlaws and semi-criminals
Source
Paul Johnson (The History of the Jews [1987], Pt I)
Book Reference
Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.47
A Reaction
This illustrates nicely Nietzsche's claim, that the jews were responsible for his 'inversion of values', in which aristocratic virtues are downgraded, and the virtues of a good slave are elevated (though Sampson may not show that point so well!).