Ah, the Greeks still holding a grudge about that David and Goliath thing, I see.
(The Philistenese were basically the Greek version of Vikings from the Isle of Crete, I believe.)
(The Philistenese were basically the Greek version of Vikings from the Isle of Crete, I believe.)
Hunh? I’ve done a number of Bible studies on Samuel and never ran across that particular line of thinking...
“(The Philistenese were basically the Greek version of Vikings from the Isle of Crete, I believe.)”
No, they weren’t. The Philistines were the inhabitants of southwest Caanan, or what is, ironically, the present-day Gaza Strip area, but also taking in Ashkelon.