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Ethnic Groups in Philistia
Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines ^ | Neal Bierling

Posted on 09/08/2004 10:41:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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:

Philistines: Giving Goliath His Due, Marco Polo Monographs, No. 7. Philistines: Giving Goliath His Due
Marco Polo Monographs, No. 7.

by Neal Bierling
foreword by Joe E. Seger

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1 posted on 09/08/2004 10:41:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 09/08/2004 10:42:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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3 posted on 09/08/2004 10:48:51 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: SunkenCiv
>>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?

4 posted on 09/09/2004 12:33:31 AM PDT by Graymatter
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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

5 posted on 09/09/2004 12:43:17 AM PDT by Graymatter
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Thanks, they weren't bad. :')
6 posted on 09/09/2004 8:43:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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Hey, nice link! Thanks.


7 posted on 09/09/2004 6:14:05 PM PDT by NukeMan
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8 posted on 01/28/2006 9:02:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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9 posted on 11/27/2009 7:23:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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And I thought it was something important....

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10 posted on 11/27/2009 7:28:53 PM PST by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
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It was okay. :’)


11 posted on 11/27/2009 9:00:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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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!


12 posted on 11/27/2009 9:20:41 PM PST by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
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Nope. Family. Not in good moods. Grumpy. Edgy. Not good.


13 posted on 11/27/2009 10:15:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Awwwww...*HUG*

There. All better, right?


14 posted on 11/28/2009 6:12:30 AM PST by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
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:’) Thanks.


15 posted on 11/28/2009 8:54:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Graymatter; SunkenCiv
Gul was Sumerian for destroy, wreck, mess up

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

16 posted on 11/30/2009 2:58:19 PM PST by colorado tanker (What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
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:’)


17 posted on 12/01/2009 4:29:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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19 posted on 09/02/2020 10:09:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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