Cultural references to Samson in 1930), "Samson" in which the author makes Samson an assimilated Jew attracted by the surrounding, more sophisticated (and un-philistine) Philistine culture. Considered a basic text of Revisionist Zionism, Jabotinsky's followers found in it numerous hints of contemporary Zionist and Israeli politics. Among other things, the family name of present day Israeli politician Dan Meridor is derived from this book. "Meridor" (literally "Generation of Rebellion") is the name given by Samson to a child in the book. Some important Twentieth century Hebrew poems have also been written about the Bible hero. More recently, elite Israeli combat units have been named
Leaders of the tribes of Israel Leaders of the tribes of Israel The Torah gives several lists of leaders of the tribes of Israel. The first, and main, list appears in . It lists the leaders who supervised the first census of the Israelites, and who led them during their travels in the wilderness. Numbers 1 gives the list of those leaders who supervised the census: In the following chapters, these same leaders are recorded as being heads of their tribes during the encampments of the tribes in the wilderness. (, ) These leaders also brought donations from their respective tribes on the occasion of the