Delilah was a Philistine are inconclusive, while the "Jewish Encyclopedia" says that Delilah was a Philistine in all probability. Dolores G. Kamrada write in "Heroines, Heroes and Deity: Three Narratives of the Biblical Heroic Tradition" that Delilah is similar to Jael, a woman mentioned in the fourth and fifth chapters of the Book of Judges who murders Sisera by driving a tent peg into his head, and frequently compared to the title character of the Book of Judith, who beheads Holofernes; all three women defeat powerful warriors. According to Susan Ackerman, Delilah differs from Jael and Judith in that she "sells
Delilah Pierce the River Jordan, Cairo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Dakar. She was a member of the Smith-Mason Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, as well as, the Old Sculpin Gallery and Cousen Rose Gallery’s in Massachusetts. Her work is among the permanent collections in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, University of District of Columbia, Howard University, Evans-Tibbs Collection, Barnett-Aden Collection, Smith-Mason Gallery of Art, and Bowie State College. A month before her death in 1992, she obtained an honorary degree from the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC (DHL). She supported local education. Delilah Pierce Delilah Williams Pierce