Archaeologists Uncover Goliath's Hometown

inn ^ | 7/14/10 | Maayana Miskin

[Nachum]

An ongoing archaeological excavation in Tel Tzafit continues to unearth the ruins of what was once the city of Gat – described in the Bible as the hometown of Goliath. Professor Aren Maeir, who is directing the dig, spoke to Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service to discuss the latest finds.

Recent finds from the Tel Tzafit excavation are “fascinating,” Maeir said. The site, inhabited at times by Canaanites and at other times by Philistines, has remnants from many periods of history. “We are focusing on the Canaanite period, the Philistine period, and the Israelite period, and for now we're primarily in the Philistine period,” he said.

One of the most interesting finds was a piece of writing containing, among other things, Philistine names, some of which were similar to the name “Goliath.”

[tutstar]

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[RedMDer]

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[Thane_Banquo]

Cool!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Gath ping!
Thanks for posting this :)

[mware]

Watching Secrets of the Bible right now.

They are doing a show right now on David & Goliath.

[going hot]

Gat? The Gat?

Is that where all the be-gat'in was going on?

[Palter]

Reference.

Has the Biblical Goliath Been Found?[FR]

[tutstar]

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[RedMDer]

I’m stuck on a blackberry right now. Can you please tell me where its showing.
Thanks

[mware]

It just finished up a few minutes ago. On TBN.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks tutstar! Philistines: Giving Goliath His Due Marco Polo Monographs, No. 7. by Neal Bierling foreword by Joe E. Seger old edition on Amazon Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines by Neal Bierling foreword by Paul L. Maier 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.] To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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That's just a stone's throw from Jerusalem.

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“We had to drown the gats. But we saved you a little black gitten.”

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findings show that elements of Philistine cooking became common among the Israelites as well.

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