#philistine

[domrom]

I am a gun.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Samson - art by Gustave Doré (1866)

[secular-jew]

For the ignorant masses. "Philistin" is literally translated into "invader" -- so it is quite approprié that, since 1964, they now identify and call themselves this.

[wronghands1]

[wiirocku]

1 Samuel 17:45 (NKJV) - Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

[deskuvro]

Where did the biblical Philistines originate?

An international team from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the Leon Levy Expedition Ashkelon announced this we

Analyzing genome-wide data retrieved, for the first time, from people who lived in Ashkelon during the Bronze and Iron Age, the team found that a substantial proportion of their ancestry was derived from a European population. This European-derived ancestry was introduced in Ashkelon around the time of the Philistines’ estimated arrival in the 12th century B.C.

“This genetic distinction is due to European-related gene flow introduced in Ashkelon during either the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the Iron Age. This timing is in accord with estimates of the Philistines’ arrival to the coast of the Levant, based on archaeological and textual records,” said Michal Feldman of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, leading author of the study.

My primary takeaway is that Goliath was a big lad because he was well fed on nonna’s psari plaki.

[indecisiveavocado]

going to start using "historic palestine" as a synonym of philistia just to fuck with people. "did you know ramallah is not in historic palestine?"

EDIT: Maps of the region back then seem to be mostly based on the bible but this one was in an actual thing and seems legit so I'm gonna link to it. Ramallah is a little bit north of Jerusalem

Fig. 1 Map of Philistia and Judah marking the location of Khirbet al-Raʿi.

Download scientific diagram | Map of Philistia and Judah marking the location of Khirbet al-Raʿi. from publication: Y. Garfinkel and S. Gano

[krockogaytor]

messy sketch of a warrior woman inspired by mycenaean and phillistine armor. (yes i know the phoenician letters are wrong, but there’s no “tch” sound)