PrefaceIntroduction1. The Emergence of the Lethal Woman, or the Use of Hermeneutic ModelsPregnancy and the Limits of PowerThe Use of InterpretationThe Use of FormThe Use of Frame-TheoryThe Use of NarratologyThe Use of the TextThe Use of SymmetryThe Use of FramesThe Use of the SubjectThe Use of Competition2. Delilah Decomposed: SamsonÕs Talking Cureand the Thetoric of SubjectivityReading HeroesQuestions Asked and Problems RevealedThe Emergence of the HeroSamson and DelilahSamsonÕs DeathWho Is Samson?Samson, Patriarchy, and Social Reality3. Heroism and Proper Names, or the Fruits of AnalogyBalancing the TensionStarting from a DetailNarrativization of the Proper NameIn Search of the SubjectIn Search of Foundations, or the Subjects versus the LawThe Unconscious Performing Speech Acts: Symptoms Reflecting Reflection4.One Woman, Many Men, and the Dialectic of ChronologyThe Limits of Higher CriticismOn the Margins of Anachrony: Paralepsis, or the Deviation from the Straight PathTamar from Father to Son, or On SubversionJuxtaposition, or Similarity behind DisplacementOnanÕs Offspring, or How to Conceive SafelyTamarÕs Matchmaking: The Mirror Stage5. Sexuality, Sin, and Sorrow: The Emergence of the Female CharacterCharacterizing CharacterThe Emergence of a Myth: CollocationThe Emergence of the Human Body: UnaccomplishmentThe Emergence of the Female Body: Sexual DifferenceThe Emergence of Activity: Sin?The Emergence of Character: SorrowThe Effect of NamingAfterwordReferencesIndex