Posted on 07/10/2016 10:06:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Some place long ago I read something that attempted to link the Philistines to the Phoenicians. It would be interesting to compare the DNA.
I don’t think they were (at least initially) Phoenicians. The Phoenicians called themselves Canaanites and had moved from the Persian gulf around 2000 BC. The Philistines had a non-Semitic base, but what that base was is open for debate. They most definitely got assimilated with the local Semites (Judeans or Canaanites).
Maybe the DNA will tell their story.
true, but the thing is that we know that by the time of the Assyrians invasions around 700 BC they are no longer mentioned, so they were probably fully assimilated by then. A small force in the midst of different people would have taken wives etc. from the neighboring Canaanites. Also, if they came initially from Crete, there would have already been centuries of inter-marriage. I don’t think DNA would prove conclusively either way due to these reasons
It has been quite some time since SunkenCiv has posted. This is the last thread he posted, and his last post that I can find was July 11. I hope he is ok. Has anyone heard? His articles are treasures.
But how tall were they? the warriors, I mean. Really.
They were only ever a small population. They seem to have disappeared during the Assyrian invasions of 700 BC
The modern day "Palestinians" are again a mix of different peoples -- they will have some Judean, north Israelite, Philistine, Hittite, Egyptian, Roman, Persian, Greek, Arab etc. blood.
It's very interesting how nations are formed and die.
One thousand years ago you had a burgundian nation and then poof. five hundred years ago there was no Belarussian nation or indonesian etc.
also, the Philistines seem to have had Indo-European names — Philistine name Goliath (compare Lydian Alyattes, Greek Kalliades) (from Wikipedia) — which makes kind of sense. Perhaps the Dorian Greeks pushed the Ionians to go south?
2 metres tall (6’6”). Giants compared to the israelites who were 5 feet max
Found out by what method? Bones someplace? The only ones I recall were the graves around Qumran, a long time later.
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