Ashkelon is a National Park (which requires an entrance fee). The MB gate is particularly well-developed for visitors, but they have signs and paths leading to...
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JEFFREY A BLAKELY
jeff.blakely
Oct 1, 2009 3:42 pm
Turn down a dirt road, make more turns, hop a fence or two, and Tel Sera (Ziklag to many) can be found easily. There is little Philistine architecture to be...
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Yigal Levin
yigallevin
Oct 1, 2009 9:29 pm
Dear David, You recall correctly about Ashkelon. The site is part of an Israeli national park, and most of it is open to the public, with admission fees. The...
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Yigal Levin
yigallevin
Oct 1, 2009 9:30 pm
Oh, one more thing: the most "visitable" Philistine site at the moment is Tell Qasile, which is on the campus of the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv ...
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driver40386
Oct 2, 2009 4:46 am
Perhaps I could ask for some clarification. In using the term 'Philistine architecture' (across Pentapolis cites in general), are we to understand the...
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aren
arenmaeir
Oct 2, 2009 9:58 am
Jon, I would say that a bit of each of the three points that you raised are true. E.g.: 1) Foreign to Levant (and possibly Aegean and/or Cypriote-oriented):...
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Robert Feather
featherrobert
Oct 2, 2009 11:09 am
I have not yet seen a review of the Alain Zivie book, but do have a copy. It was copyright 2003 so reviews, if any, would have been earlier, and most likely in...
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eliot braun
eliotbraun
Oct 3, 2009 2:57 am
Seems like someone found the missing link, and it wasn't Indiana Jones. This is one link to an explanation. I'm sure listmembers can find others. ...
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driver40386
Oct 3, 2009 2:57 am
Aren, very much appreciated, thankyou for your reply. My questions were brief, perhaps too brief. From what I understand, the identification of architecture...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Oct 3, 2009 12:33 pm
... On 'Philistine' architecture and its possible Aegean and Cypriot connections, see: Trude Dothan, "The Aegean and the Orient: Cultic Connotations," in W.G....
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David Hall
dqhall59@...
Oct 3, 2009 2:47 pm
Could the 11th century Egyptian story of Wenamum visiting the Sikils (sea people) at Dor be used as evidence for the sea peoples paradigm? Dor is about 60...
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dp@...
ane.fan
Oct 3, 2009 5:07 pm
Dear David (and, in turn, Jon), "Could the 11th century Egyptian story of Wenamum visiting the Sikils (sea people) at Dor be used as evidence for the sea...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Oct 4, 2009 6:15 am
... http://ethnomycology.com/Ekron/Berlant_JANES311.pdf "[T]he [seventh century BCE] inscription, written from right to left in a style reminiscent of tenth...
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driver40386
Oct 4, 2009 6:16 am
Thankyou for your input Doug. If I may quote from your post.. ... Doug, may I suggest to you that while 'Philistine architecture' may be viewed by some as...
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driver40386
Oct 4, 2009 6:46 pm
Dear David. Contrary to a previous response I feel it necessary to point out that the tales of Wenamun are too far removed from the 'event' we call the Sea...
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David Hall
dqhall59@...
Oct 5, 2009 6:37 am
Dear Jon: If you will remember the Merneptah Stele discovered by British archaeologist Sir William Flinders Petrie during the Victorian era; Merneptah...
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David Hall
dqhall59@...
Oct 5, 2009 6:37 am
In my previous email I errantly attributed an analysis of the Sea Peoples to Adolph Erman of the Victorian Era, he recorded the Sea Peoples invasion theory of...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Oct 5, 2009 6:46 am
AS you may have perceived, this subject is another can of worms. There has recently been a rather intensive debate about the issue of Philistine identity, and...
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Jim West
drjewest
Oct 5, 2009 4:01 pm
in a new essay by Eric Cline over on Bible and Interpretation which might be found engaging by some listers. ...
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jeanjzli@...
jeanjzli
Oct 5, 2009 7:10 pm
I would appreciate if this could be posted and circulated. Thank you. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE AND TIME CHANGE ***************************************************...
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Jim West
drjewest
Oct 5, 2009 9:17 pm
thanks to mark goodacre https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/new.duke.edu.2063557653.02063557658 -- ++++++ Jim West ...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Oct 6, 2009 7:19 am
This link seems to have been hacked. You get spam. Niels Peter Lemche ... Fra: ANE-2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ANE-2@yahoogroups.com] På vegne af Jim West ...
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driver40386
Oct 6, 2009 7:22 am
Dear David. With respect to your reference to the text of column 16 on the north wall at Medinet-Habu, would you allow me to broaden the picture a little? ...
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driver40386
Oct 6, 2009 7:22 am
Hello David. Thankyou, yes very absorbing reading. Taking one publication specifically, The Philistines and their Material Culture, 1982. What is noticable is...
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Thomas L. Thompson
tltij
Oct 6, 2009 9:44 am
There are some few mistakes of fact and a couple of errors in the history of research in the article in Bible and Interpretation by Eric Clines', which Jim...
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David Hall
dqhall59@...
Oct 6, 2009 5:09 pm
There are also elements of EB oil lamps that are similar to IA oil lamps in as much as there is a basic saucer form in each. I would suggest more advanced...
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James Spinti
tweetynwiley
Oct 6, 2009 9:10 pm
From another list, forwarded with permission. Please contact Todd directly. James ________________________________ James Spinti Marketing Director, Book Sales...
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James Spinti
tweetynwiley
Oct 6, 2009 9:37 pm
With apologies for the cross-posting. Eisenbrauns is pleased to announce the inauguration of a new series: "Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew...
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driver40386
Oct 6, 2009 10:21 pm
I was particularly drawn to Ann Killebrew's Synthesis (pp.230-231) where she expands on the 'Fourth Theory' (of Philistine Origins). After describing the First...
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aren
arenmaeir
Oct 7, 2009 1:58 pm
Without getting into a debate in this forum, since it would appear rather circular, it should be noted by listers that ALL of those working on the early...
