Delilah portrayed in the New Testament Samson's betrayal by Delilah has also been compared to Jesus' betrayal by Judas Iscariot; both Delilah and Judas were paid in pieces of silver for their respective deeds. However, Thomas de Vio Cajetan views Delilah in a somewhat sympathetic light, suggesting that she never intended Samson to be killed or wounded. He asserts that Delilah accepted a bribe from the Philistine leaders because they convinced her that Samson would merely be weakened. Caesarius of Arles views Delilah's temptation of Samson as similar to Satan's temptation of Christ. Isidore of Seville does see Samson as prefiguring
Delilah Pierce Delilah Pierce Delilah Williams Pierce (1904 – 1992) was an African American artist, curator and educator based in Washington, District of Columbia. Pierce was best known for upholding the African American art in her model figure and genre painting, abstraction. Pierce lived her life as an educator, artist and curator. After graduating from Miner Teachers College and Howard University (BS), and Teachers College-Columbia University (MA), Delilah went on to earn the Agnes-Meyer Fellowship (Europe, Middle East and Africa study), where she traveled and was influenced by the cultures and landscapes of London, Paris, Holland, Rome, Greece, Lebanon, the Holy Land,