Editing Samson (section)

====Traditional views====
These views are disputed by traditional and conservative biblical scholars who consider Samson to be a literal historical figure and thus reject any connections to mythological heroes.<ref name= Mobley2006/> The concept of Samson as a "solar hero" has been described as "an artificial ingenuity".<ref>{{cite book|last=Cooke|first=George Albert|date=1913|title=The Book of Judges|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofjudgesinre00cookuoft|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> Joan Comay, co-author of ''Who's Who in the Bible: The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament'', believes that the biblical story of Samson is so specific concerning time and place that Samson was undoubtedly a real person who pitted his great strength against the oppressors of Israel.<ref name= eee>{{wwbible|Old Testament, 320}}</ref>