Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Quoting Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>:

> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM, James Read  wrote:
>
> > I have noted your comments but I think you still seem to be missing the
> > point. You are approaching this as if there was a single question:
> >
> > 1) Where did the philistines come from?
> >
> > Whereas in reality there are two questions:
> >
> > 1) Where did the indigenous philistines come from?
> > 2) Where did the invaders of the indigenous philistines come from?
> >
> > Only when you realise that these are two separate issues do the references
> > to Philistines in Genesis become clear.
>
> Hello James,
>
> Don't you think before you go on to ask your questions you ought to ask if
> there were indigenous Philistines separate from non indigenous Philistines?
> Only if you conclude that there were two separate types of Philistines do
> your questions make sense.
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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