Canaanites and Philistines
@article{Drews1998CanaanitesAP,
title={Canaanites and Philistines},
author={R. Drews},
journal={Journal for the Study of the Old Testament},
year={1998},
volume={23},
pages={39 - 61}
}The Mycenaean pottery made at Ashdod and the other cities of the southern Levant in the twelfth century BCE suggests a significant immigration of South Greek speakers. The immigrants undoubtedly inspired the later legend that 'the Philisti nes' came from Caphtor. In fact, however, their nomenclature suggests that 'Philistines' or Palestinians were initially distinguished from the immigrant kerētîm or kaptorîm, and it is likely that the people called Palashtin were the Northwest Semitic speaking… Expand
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