Ethnic Groups in Philistia

Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines ^ | Neal Bierling

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The name Goliath, like Achish, is not Semitic, but rather Anatolian (McCarter 1980, 291, Mitchell 1967, 415; Wainwright 1959, 79). Not all agree though; the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (2:524) proposes that Goliath may have been a remnant of one of the aboriginal groups of giants of Palestine who now were in the employ of the Philistines. [1. Naveh (1985, 9, 13 n. 14) states that Ikausu, the name of the king of Ekron in the seventh century b.c., is a non-Semitic name that can be associated with that of the Achish of Gath in David's time. The name in the seventh century has a shin ending that is non-West Semitic.]

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It's been online for years, and appeared in print once before; that edition is gone, but there's a new edition in print with a new foreword:

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Philistines: Giving Goliath His Due Marco Polo Monographs, No. 7. by Neal Bierling foreword by Joe E. Seger

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[Graymatter]

>>The name Goliath, like Achish, is not Semitic, but rather Anatolian...

Hmmm. I always thought it was from Sumerian. GOL was demon or monster or---something, no?

[Graymatter]

Ok! (Checked muh notes.) Gul was Sumerian for destroy, wreck, mess up. It got into Semitic languages, e.g. "al-gul" the demon. Our "ghoul" from the same.

Anybody wants the skinny on the giant tribes of Gath and thereabouts, try this page:

http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/Mid.East/Giants.Mid.East6.html

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, they weren't bad. :')

[NukeMan]

Hey, nice link! Thanks.

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And I thought it was something important....

I DO like your font!
Did you have a good Thanksgiving?

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It was okay. :’)

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Ah. I can interpret that to mean “quiet,” which, in turn, means you spent it alone. *sigh* Been there. Done that. For more years than I care to count.

I’m here, if you wanna discuss MEALS!

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Nope. Family. Not in good moods. Grumpy. Edgy. Not good.

[Monkey Face]

Awwwww...*HUG*

There. All better, right?

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:’) Thanks.

[colorado tanker]

Gul was Sumerian for destroy, wreck, mess up

Well, that explains why Star Trek used it as a Cardassian military title. Nasty buggers.

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:’)

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