Philistines. The Philistines were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when their polity, after having already been subjugated for centuries by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, was finally destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
After becoming part of his empire and its successor, the Persian Empire, they lost their distinct ethnic identity and disappeared from the historical and archaeological record by the late 5th century BC. The Philistines are known for their biblical conflict with the Israelites. Though the primary source of information about the Philistines is the Hebrew Bible, they are first attested to in reliefs at the Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, in which they are called; the parallel Assyrian term is, or. The English term Philistine comes from Old French; from Classical Latin; from Late Greek; ultimately from Hebrew PÉ™liÅ¡tî, meaning 'people of P'lesheth '; and there are cognates in Akkadian and Egyptian; the term Palestine has the same derivation.
The native Philistine endonym, assuming they had one, is unknown. The Hebrew term occurs 286 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible.
It also appears in the Samaritan Pentateuch. In the Greek version of the Bible, called Septuagint, the equivalent term Phulistieím occurs 12 times, again in the Pentateuch.
In secondary literature, Philistia i
After becoming part of his empire and its successor, the Persian Empire, they lost their distinct ethnic identity and disappeared from the historical and archaeological record by the late 5th century BC. The Philistines are known for their biblical conflict with the Israelites. Though the primary source of information about the Philistines is the Hebrew Bible, they are first attested to in reliefs at the Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, in which they are called; the parallel Assyrian term is, or. The English term Philistine comes from Old French; from Classical Latin; from Late Greek; ultimately from Hebrew PÉ™liÅ¡tî, meaning 'people of P'lesheth '; and there are cognates in Akkadian and Egyptian; the term Palestine has the same derivation.
The native Philistine endonym, assuming they had one, is unknown. The Hebrew term occurs 286 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible.
It also appears in the Samaritan Pentateuch. In the Greek version of the Bible, called Septuagint, the equivalent term Phulistieím occurs 12 times, again in the Pentateuch.
In secondary literature, Philistia i
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