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Bookmark or Share- Where Did the Philistines Come From? - Biblical Archaeology SocietyWhere Did the Philistines Come From? Horned altar from Tell es-Safi hints at the origins of the Philistines. Biblical Archaeology Society Staff April 20, 2018 13 Comments 35681 views Share.
- Philistines - WikipediaThe Philistines ( Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized : Pəlīštīm; LXX: Koinē Greek: Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Philistieím; Latin: Philistaei) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia .
- Philistine | Definition, People, Homeland, & Facts | BritannicaPhilistine, one of a people of Aegean origin who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BCE, about the time of the arrival of the Israelites. According to biblical tradition, the Philistines came from Caphtor (possibly Crete, although there is no archaeological evidence supporting this claim).
- Philistines - World History EncyclopediaThe term "Philistine" has come to mean someone uneducated and lacking in culture from the stories concerning them in the Jewish Scriptures. Origins. The origins of the Philistines remain the subject of scholarly debate. In the Hebrew Bible, there is an indication that they originated in Crete.
- Philistines | Encyclopedia.comAsia and Africa. Ancient History, Middle East. Philistines. views 2,927,092 updated May 21 2018. PHILISTINES (Heb. פְּלִשְׁתִּים), a people of Aegean origin occupying the south coast of Palestine, called Philistia (פְּלֶשֶׁת, peleshet) in the Bible, and often at war with the Israelites.
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