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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Pelest?
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 23:34:16 +0000


On Tue 1 Feb 2000 (23:28:01 +0100), jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de wrote:
> I am wondering about how strong the identification of the pelest with
> the Philistines is.

Dear Jonathan

I was always given to understand that P:Li$:TiYM meant immigrants or
migrants generally, not any specific national or ethnic group. Like the
"Sea Peoples", they were not a single identifiable ethnic unit. They
were just tribes who "rolled" or "wallowed" around (root P-L-$).

Amos 9:7 identifies the "Philistines" as wanderers from the land of Caphtor
(Crete?), along with the "Syrians" from Kir, and the "Cushites" from
Ethiopia.

According to Deuteronomy 26:5, even Jacob was an Aramean ready to perish
who became a sojourner in Egypt. Another "Philistine"?

Just my 2 Pfennige
Ben
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  • Pelest?, Jonathan Bailey, 02/01/2000
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Pelest?, Ben Crick, 02/01/2000
    • Re: Pelest?, George Athas, 02/02/2000

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