• DOI:10.1177/030908920202700201
Corpus ID: 170636773

The Philistines in the Bible: A Late-Monarchic Perspective

@article{Finkelstein2002ThePI,
  title={The Philistines in the Bible: A Late-Monarchic Perspective},
  author={I. Finkelstein},
  journal={Journal for the Study of the Old Testament},
  year={2002},
  volume={27},
  pages={131 - 167}
}

• I. Finkelstein
• Published 2002
• Philosophy
• Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

The biblical references to the Philistines do not contain any memory of early Iron I events or cultural behaviour. A few texts, such as the Ark Narrative and stories reflecting the importance of Gath, seem to portray late Iron I and early Iron II memories. Most of the Philistine material, even if historically stratified and containing seeds of early tales as well as evidence for more than one redaction, is based on the geographical, historical and ideological background of late-monarchic times… Expand

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