Biblical Hebrew Forum

[ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)]

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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