Who were the Philistines in the first millennium BCE?
- Owen Jarus, LiveScience (2016), “Who Were the Philistines?”
- Robin Ngo, Bible History Daily (2014), “The ‘Philistines’ to the North”
- [VIDEO lecture] Aaron Meir, “New Light on the Biblical Philistines: Recent Study on the Frenemies of Ancient Israel” (1:12:49)
- [VIDEO clip] NatGeo TV, “Delilah’s People” episode about Ashkelon and the Philstines (1:59)
Philistine Religion
- John Roskoski, Bible and Spade (2005), “Between the Pillars: Revisiting ‘Samson and the House of Dagon'”
- Jeffrey Emanuel, The Ancient Near East Today (2017), “Early Philistine Religion in Text and Archaeology”
- Known members of the divine pantheon: Dagon (also Dagan; M); Baal (M); Asherat (F); Qudšu (F); Anat (F); PTGYH (also Pythogaia; F);
Philistine Archaeology and Inscriptions
- [VIDEO CLIP] (2016) “Unearthing a Philistine Cemetery in Ancient Ashkelon” (3:22)
- Owen Jarus, Live Science (2016), News article on the discovery of a Philistine cemetery at Ashkelon
- Kristin Romey, National Geographic (2016), “Discovery of Philistine Cemetery May Solve Biblical Mystery”
- Smithsonian Magazine (2016), “New Dig Shows the Philistines Weren’t Such Philistines”
- [VIDEO LECTURE] Aren Maeir (2015) “New Perspectives on the Philistines in Light of Recent Excavations at Tell es-Safi / Gath” (1:07:07)
- Aren Maeir, The Tell es-Safi / Gath Archaeological Project Official (and Unofficial) Weblog (2010), “View of Philistine Temple and ‘Amos’ Earthquake”
- Bar-Ilan University press release (2015), “Philistines introduced sycamore, cumin and opium poppy into Israel during the Iron Age”
- Tel Aviv University news story (2013) about a fortified harbor at Ashdod
- Seymour Gitin, Trude Dothan, and Joseph Naveh, Archaeology Magazine (1998) “Ekron Identity Confirmed”
- Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription (Israel Museum)
- Selected Archaeological Sites: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron / Tel Miqne, Gath / Tell es-Safi, Tel Qasile / Tel Kassila / Tel Aviv
Gods of the Biblical World 