Aren Maeir | New Light on the Biblical Philistines: Recent Study on the Frenemies of Ancient Israel
Published 2014-05-09
The Philistines are well-known from biblical texts as one of the main adversaries of the ancient Israelites. At the same time, the biblical narrative indicates that other types of interactions also were the norm. Recent excavations in Philistia, and in particular those at Tell es-Safi, biblical Gath of the Philistines, hometown of Goliath, have provided exciting evidence of the very complex interaction between these two cultures, revealing the multi-layered facets of what could be termed a Frenemy relationship between the Philistines and Israelites. In addition, recent finds have very much changed our understandingof who the Philistines were, where they came from, and how their culture formed, transformed, and eventually disappeared. These topics will be addressed in this lecture.
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks for this - thanks for youtube. I can sit here in mountains sipping my soup and learn. I am grateful.
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to add, the humour in the lecture, makes it easy to listen to...make it a usual addition...I'm sure folks will be very pleased...;) L.
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bluddy brilliant lecture. really brings some passages from the old testament to light
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Most enlightening and to the point of actually being able to interpret the scripts is fantastic. ❤love honor and respect for all people in this world.
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Great lecture. Thank you very much! Not too often I see scholarly lectures being given with burning interest!
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If in a thousand years someone find bones of cats ands dogs in my garden, I better let a note next to the bones that I did not eat them , but just buried them with love.
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Fantastic lecture! Biblical archaeology is always fascinating and one need not be religious at all to appreciate it.
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Thank you for a brilliant presentation.
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Excellent and insightful lecture!
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Thank you for the lecture. It was very insightful.
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Great presentation, Shalom.
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"A berserk Philistine warlord will come after you!" LOL priceless, what a great presentation.
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Really bright guy. Thanks for uploading this.
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Great work by your team, and a fine presentation.
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Excellent lecture!!! This is, pretty much, the first lecture I've been to watch from start to finish because 1. the lecturer is very, very good & not boring for even a minute 2. both the video and the sound are very well done! With most filmed lectures it sounds like the lecturer is mumbling... from another room. 😉
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During the Gulf War I volunteered to work on a Kibbutz and was assigned to Gat. Tel Gat is at the bottom of the hill where the Kibbutz is located. I have tilled the fields where Goliath walked.
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That was great! Explained a lot for me biblically as well as scientifically. 👏👏👏
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Circular fire pits are a matter of practicality if one is living somewhere where the winds shift frequently and unexpectedly- like mountainous islands. In fact in the islands around Greece we also see fruits and vegetables lovingly grown in a circle rather than allowing them to grow upright. It is a protective measure against the wind. Mongol Yurts are another example.
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Thank you! That was excellent!
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A very interesting lecture. I learned a great deal. A small nit-picking detail – nutmeg might have reached the Levant via Sri Lanka, but it can only have come from eastern Indonesia.
