That portion of scripture describes the time — after the death of Saul and Jonathan by the hand of the Philistines — just after David’s coronation as King of Israel. It’s important to remind ourselves ...

A series on hidden costs of war and on those who fought for peace PART 4 ...

Israel's enemies in Gaza today, like the Philistines of old, constitute a mortal threat to the nation, although that threat diminishes as Israel again succeeds in overcoming its enemies.

Jesus threw moneychangers out of the Temple, “and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves,” (Matthew 12:12-13). But that was ...

The EU has advantages on one side, question marks on the other. In July, The Irish Times columnist Jack Power writing about Ursula Von der Leyen’s reelection chances said ‘bizarrely’, Fidias ...

The Philistines have been described as probably the biggest villains of the Hebrew Bible. Likely originating in Crete, they arrived in Canaan—modern-day Southern Levant—in the 12th century BCE ...

Archaeologists dig up clues on Philistines from psychedelic plants in ancient temples New study examines remains of food, seeds, flowers found in Gath that were used in ancient Greece in worship ...

Moreover, the Philistines have become synonymous with a distaste, even abhorrence, for culture, civility, courtesy, and intellectual achievement. Do you begin to see the possibilities?

There has never been a shortage of idiotic discussion among the ill-informed on Aspen’s City Council, but the meeting on Monday, Oct. 30, took the display of ignorance and stupidity to an entirely new ...

Philistines & Pharisees Israel’s legitimacy grows out of the tragedy of the Holocaust and the West’s guilt about this makes Palestinians killing Israelis wicked in a way that Israelis killing ...