MIDEAST 207 Lecture 7: Philistines & Davidic Conquest
24 Dec 2018
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Trude dothan = world expert on philistines. Iron age: philistines lost, israelites won winners write history israelites have. Philistines & david written history, philistines do not. Philistines = mariners from aegean , traveled thru medsea, settled in seashore plains. Military societies: conscription at young age, training, etc. Iron: military/economic/commercial advantage philistine wealth & power. Philistia = philistine territory along seashore plains during early iron age. Tel qasillah: in philistia , most excavated but not most important. All religious sites face the medsea god = dagon ( fish, man) Imported culture : brought from aegean, embedded in mideast. Dor: excavated mini clay temple shows columns, influence of ionic (greece) Pentapolis (n s): gaza*, ashkelon, ashdod, gat, ekron culture philistines = indo-european. Philistines wanted to remain near medsea stayed in philistia but for 150 years, Philistines dominated tribes (israel?) on central hill: demanded tributes, took slaves, etc. 1000 bce, power shift: philistines israelites.
