PHILISTIA

fĭlĭsˈtyə, ancient region of SW Palestine, comprising a coastal strip along the Mediterranean and a portion of S Canaan. The chief cities of Philistia were Gaza, Ashqelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath; strategically located on the great commercial route from Egypt to Syria, they formed a confederacy. In the Bible the great Hebrew antagonists of the Philistines are Samson, Saul, and David. Philistines were independent at the time of Amos, and the Jews never really conquered them. Philistia was laid under tribute by Assyria, and the invasion of Palestine by Sennacherib was brought on by Hezekiah's imprisonment of the Assyrian tributary, the king of Ekron.

See A. R. Burn, Minoans, Philistines, and Greeks (1930, repr. 1968); R. Macalister, The Philistines (1965).

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books on: Philistia  - 524 results

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The Military History of Ancient Israel
Book by Richard A. Gabriel; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Pentateuch--History Of Biblical Events, Jews--Wars, Military Art And Science--History--To 500, Military History In The Bible, Palestine--History, Military
...located near Ashdod and is in the heart of Philistia. The issue, then, was Philistia and not Gezer. It will be recalled that David had refrained from directly attacking Philistia even though it is probable that he possessed...
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Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period
Book by Andrew G. Vaughn, Ann E. Killebrew; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Antiquities, Jerusalem In The Bible, Jerusalem--Antiquities, Jerusalem--History
...720 fi.c. Sargon II campaigned in Philistia, pushing south to Raphia, where an...diplomatic gift of twelve horses to Sargon in Philistia, showing he had no interest in tan...see COS 2.117C:288; Hayim Tadmor, Philistia under Assyrian Rule, BA 39 1966: 86...
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The Oxford History of the Biblical World
Book by Michael D. Coogan; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Bible--History Of Biblical Events, Bible--History Of Contemporary Events, Civilization, Ancient
ecology of Philistia is better suited for grape-growing...relatively large proportion of kraters in Philistia compared with non-Philistine territory...that era. The inner coastal zone of Philistia, with its wide, undulating plains...
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Imperialism and Biblical Prophecy, 750-500 BCE
Book by David Aberbach; Routledge, 1993
in Philistia. Isaiahs poem, which dates from the year of Ahazs death, is...impending doom and an assertion of Judahs God-given power. AGAINST PHILISTIA Rejoice not, Philistia, that the enemy-king is dead - broken the rod that broke you...
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King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel
Book by Marvin A. Sweeney; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Former Prophets--Historiography, Bible--O.T--Prophets (Nevi?Im)--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Deuteronomistic History (Biblical Criticism), Jews--History--To 586 B.C--Historiography, Josiah--King Of Judah
...same charge that is levelled against Philistia, because they delivered up a whole people...understanding the oracles concerning Tyre and Philistia. In this regard, the history of conflict...author of each of the oracles against Philistia, Phoenicia, and Edom. Further evidence...
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A Bibliographical List of Cuneiform Inscriptions from Canaan, Palestine/Philistia, and the Land of Israel
Journal article by Wayne Horowitz, Takayoshi Oshima, Seth Sanders; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Cuneiform inscriptions--Research
...bibliographical list of cuneiform inscriptions from Canaan, Palestine/Philistia, and the land of Israel. by Wayne Horowitz , Takayoshi Oshima...Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art. Tadmor, H. 1966. Philistia under Assyrian Rule. BA 29: 86-102. --. 1967. Fragments...
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What's in a Name? Neo-assyrian Designations for the Northern Kingdom and Their Implications for Israelite History and Biblical Interpretation
Journal article by Brad E. Kelle; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 121, 2002
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Assyria, Bible, History, Israel, Theology
...Transjordan, Jezreel, Galilee, and Philistia, the northern kingdom was apparently...KUR <E>-hu-um-ri-i), Edom, Philistia, as far as the great sea of the setting...mentions entities like Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which had been under Arams domination...
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Israelite Ethnicity in Iron I: Archaeology Preserves What Is Remembered and What Is Forgotten in Israel's History
Journal article by Elizabeth Bloch-Smith; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 122, 2003
Subjects: Archaeology, Ethnology, History, Palestine (Pre-1948), Social life & customs
...the Persian period except for Iron I Philistia, with a return to pork as a dietary...By the time of Samuel, Israel and Philistia were at war. Both territory and subservience...Bible describes wars between Israel and Philistia during the reigns of Saul and David for...
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The Philistines in Transition: A History from Ca. 1000-730 B.C.E
Journal article by Nadav Na'Aman; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...systematically describes the history of Philistia in the period from the assumed time of...pileser IIIs conquest and subjugation of Philistia (734-732 B.C.E.). Ehrlich has...79-104) discusses the contacts of Philistia with Assyria in the late ninth-eighth...
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Do the Prophets Teach That Babylonia Will Be Rebuilt in the Eschaton?
Journal article by Homer Heater Jr.; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 41, 1998
...enough. The excitement of the people of Philistia over the death of an Assyrian king...nations, but God told her to trust him. Philistia (14:28-32) is warned not to expect...offspring and descendants" (14:22). Philistia: "I will destroy you, and none will...
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The Church and the City
Magazine article by M. Francis Mannion; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, February 2000
Subjects: Church and state--Analysis, Cities and towns--Religious aspects, Religion and civilization--Analysis
...their most severe: Babel, Rameses, and Philistia. Two are cities; the third a pseudo...Rameses, the city of sin and oppression; Philistia, the pseudo-city of ugliness. Taken...which the ghosts of Babel, Rameses, and Philistia are sighted often. As the story is told...
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Who Was Simon Raven
Magazine article by Brooke Allen; New Criterion, Vol. 21, April 2003
Subjects: Authors, English--Attitudes, Raven, Simon--Attitudes
...student unrest during the Sixties (Places Where They Sing, 1970), the movie business and an excursion into American Philistia (Come Like Shadows, 1972) and finally to nemesis and impending age (Bring Forth the Body, 1974, and The Survivors...
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Translation as De-Canonization: Matthew's Gospel According to Pasolini
Magazine article by George Aichele; Cross Currents, Vol. 51, Winter 2002
Subjects: Bible. N.T. Matthew (Sacred text)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Christianity--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Pasolini, Pier Paolo--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the Baptist, a voice-over speaks words that include Isaiah 14:31 ("Wail, O gate; cry, O city; melt in fear, 0 Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks" Revised Standard Version), a...
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My Chicago Catholic Bubble: Memories (Some Accurate) of a Catholic Girlhood
Magazine article by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels; Commonweal, Vol. 136, September 11, 2009
Subjects: Catholic women--Educational aspects, Catholic women--Social aspects, Children's stories--Influence, Children's stories--Religious aspects, Children's stories--Social aspects, Individual and society--Educational aspects, Individual and society--Religious aspects, Women in the Catholic Church--Educational aspects, Women in the Catholic Church--Social aspects, Women, Catholic--Educational aspects, Women, Catholic--Social aspects
...thought: A unitary sense of the world and knowledge characteristic of the cultures of the ancient tribes of Israel, Canaan, Philistia, etc. An enchanted world: Bushes burned but were not consumed. Rocks talked. Rods became snakes. The world was full...
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Discovering the Talmud
Magazine article by Eric M. Chevlen; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 1998
Subjects: Religious literature, Jewish--Publishing, Talmud (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...instruction). The Mishnah became the subject matter for academies of study in the occupied territories (which the Romans called Philistia--Palestine--after its former occupants, the Philistines, as an insult to the Jewish inhabitants) and in the Babylonian...
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Council Is Selling off Our Heritage, Our; Yousay IN YOUR OPINION..
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), June 4, 2011
...Welsh poet, born in Rhymney, and among his more famous poems is one to Saunders Lewis, praising his actions against "Philistia and her mire". Sadly it would appear that the Philistines are now in control, at least they are in the Corporate Property...
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Nid Yw Apathi'n Beth Newydd Adeg Etholiad; YR HERALD CYMRAEG
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 25, 2007
...ei glustiau o glywed cri or fath. Rho awr o wallgofrwydd ir llugoer tu ol iw fur, Gwna ddaeargrynfeydd dan gadarn goncrit Philistia. Mae pawb ohonom yn ei chael hi yn y gerdd hon, mae hi mor berthnasol, mor gyfoes. Mi allwn ddyfynnur cyfan i chi, ond...
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No Sense of History? YOUR LETTERS TO THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF WALES
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 4, 2011
Subjects: Newspapers
...Welsh poet, born in Rhymney, and among his more famous poems is one to Saunders Lewis, praising his actions against "Philistia and her mire". Sadly it would appear that the Philistines are now in control, at least they are in the Corporate Property...


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Philistia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PHILISTIA filis ty , region of SW ancient Palestine...portion of S Canaan. The chief cities of Philistia were Gaza, Ashqelon, Ashdod, Ekron...the Jews never really conquered them. Philistia was laid under tribute by Assyria, and...
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Palestine , Region, Asia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Akko; Sharon, S of Mt. Carmel; and the Shephelah, or Philistia, in the extreme south. Agriculture in the Jordan valley...southern coastland and established a powerful kingdom (see Philistia ). The Hebrews were subject to the Philistines until c...
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Sennacherib
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...have been waged against Babylonia. Later he marched against an uprising of the western nations (Phoenicia, Judah, and Philistia), who were supported by Egypt. He defeated the Egyptians at Eltekeh (701 b.c.) and prepared to take Jerusalem. Isaiah...
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Jamnia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jabneh jab n , ne Heb.,=God causes to build, ancient city, central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the...
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Aijalon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AIJALON a j lon, i , a , in the Bible. 1 Town, on the border between Philistia and Israel, the modern Yalo (Israel), NW of Jerusalem. In the Tel-el-Amarna letters it is called Aialuna. 2 Town in Zabulon...
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