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The Beginners Bible: A Comparative Analysis

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With time all things change and as such new versions emerge. This results in new iteration of the same book for a different audience. The Beginners Bible takes noteworthy stories from the Bible and simplifies them to the point children can easily read and understand them. However, this raises the question how much the story has changed compared to the original. Furthermore, if it changes does the change have a positive effect and deliver the message in a better way. An analysis and comparison of two versions of a story in this case Samson can answer this question. Starting with the original tale of Sampson form judges 13-16 a basis for comparison and analysis can be made. Born a nazirite he possessed super human strength bestowed upon him by God on the condition he never cut his hair or his strength would leave him. When he grew older the plan God made for him began with his desire for a Philistine as his wife. “Judges 14:4 …show more content…

It skips over his birth completely and instead begins with god bestowing his strength on him. Luckily this change does not affect his character in any way. However, the next part changes his character. The book leaves out his original actions that lead to the philistines such as his burning of crops and killings. Instead on page 150 “Sampson spent the night in Gaza. Around the city was a big wall with a big gate. The people of Gaza wanted to catch Sampson”. Here the second major change in his character appears he visited a prostitute during his time in Gaza however leaving this part of his character out of a children’s book makes sense. Skipping to his final act makes the intended change in his character clear. Rather than stating the death of all the people killed by Sampson’s final act the story downplays it by saying they failed to escape the collapse of the building. Overall this version maintains the original story with some changes for a younger

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