The Philistines by V. Phillips Long Posted: 19 Jun 2009 12:12 PM PDT One of the most obvious uses of background studies is to help readers learn more about the peoples of…
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Where Did the Early Israelites Come From?
Inside, Outside Where Did the Early Israelites Come From? By Anson Rainey David Bivin/Lifeintheholyland.com The Canaanite hill country where the earliest Israelites settled. Before they settled in the hill country of Canaan,…
Shasu or Habiru
Shasu or Habiru Who Were the Early Israelites? By Anson Rainey Garo Nalbandian It is time to clarify for BAR readers the widely discussed relationship between the habiru, who are well documented…
World’s oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/od_nm/joke_odd_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AoHRZGzO27hLo2qooNpTwkMZ.3QA World’s oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC Thu Jul 31, 9:17 AM ET The world’s oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was…
Excavating Philistine Gath
Read on 12/12/08 Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown? By Aren M. Maeir and Carl S. Ehrlich • Sidebar: The Riches of Tell es-Safi • Sidebar: 2001 Update: The Dig…
Major Philistine City Survived by Absorbing Other Cultures
Read on 12/12/08 Excavating Ekron Major Philistine City Survived by Absorbing Other Cultures By Seymour Gitin The Philistines were the chief adversary of Biblical Israel in the 12th and 11th centuries B.C.E….
Major Philistine City Survived by Absorbing Other Cultures 2
Read on 12/12/08 Excavating Ekron Major Philistine City Survived by Absorbing Other Cultures By Seymour Gitin The Philistines were the chief adversary of Biblical Israel in the 12th and 11th centuries B.C.E….
Ear plugs from Ekron
Read on 12/12/08 Philistine Fashion Ear plugs from Ekron By Trude Dothan The Philistines settled on the coastal plain of what is now Israel around 1200 B.C.E. and established the famous five…
Sea Peoples Saga
Read on 12/12/08 Sea Peoples Saga Ekron of the Philistines How they lived, worked and worshiped for five hundred years By Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin The first joint American-Israeli archaeological expedition…