Modern archaeologists agree that the Philistines were different from their neighbors: Their arrival on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean in the early 12th century B.C. is marked by pottery ...

681 – 669 B.C.) and the ruler of a city named Tyre. In the treaty, Esarhaddon’s control “of the land of Philistines” is acknowledged and the ruler of Tyre agrees that the cargo of any ...

One challenging matter remains. The Bible mentions the Philistines as early as Genesis. While the two references to the land of the Philistines could be anachronistic references to a geographical ...

By R.A. Mathews It was a hopeless situation. Imagine how it would feel if China had military control of this nation, ...

“It came to pass ( VaYehi ) when Pharaoh let the people go, that G-d did not lead them [by] way of the land of the Philistines for it was near, because G-d said, Lest the people reconsider when ...