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The Histories
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Who were the Philistines?
Few peoples throughout history are simultaneously so totally unknown, and so maligned, as the Philistines - the name alone has become a pejorative byword for an uncultured individual. We mostly know of the Philistines from the Bible, where they are the enemies of the people of Israel.
At the same time, the Philistines leave us very little in the historical record by which we can discern what their culture may have been like, a fact which itself has perhaps accentuated a reliance on biblical sources. We do not know what language the Philistines spoke, what alphabet they used, what their culture held dear; their gods are unclear, and their origins are an enduring mystery.
However, archaeology, in concert with what scant written sources we have, can help us build a clearer picture of this Levantine people. Today, we will try to discern the answer to this question: who were the Philistines?
With thanks to my Patreon patrons, Bryce Carlyle, Shauna K, Macgonzo, David Mainayar, Mister Five by Five, and Clement Yang! You can join the Patreon to support the channel, watch all the videos ad-free, and access more content.Support the Channel: www.patreon.com/TheHistories
Music:
Blank Light - Adi Goldstein
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/adi-goldstein/blank-lightLicense code: OFUEEDOI7KU4H76M
Incantation - Scott Buckley
Sources:
The Philistines: The History of the Ancient Israelites' Most Notorious Enemy, Charles River Editors, 2015.
Aren M. Maeir. "Iron Age I Philistines - Entangled Identities in a Transformative Period." In The Social Archaeology of the Levant: From Prehistory to the Present, edited by Assaf Yasur-Landau, Eric H. Cline and Yorke Rowan, pp. 310 - 323. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Meyers, Eric, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East: Volume 4. Oxford University Press, 1997.
Aren M. Maeir et al. "Technological Insights on Philistine Culture: Perspectives from Tell es-Safi/Gath." Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2019).
Hermann Michael Niemann. "Neighbors and Foes, Rivals and Kin: Philistines, Shepheleans, Judeans between Geography and Economy, History and Theology." In: Ann E. Killebrew and Gunnar Lehmann (Eds.): The Philistines and Other "Sea Peoples" in Text and Archaeology, 243-264. Arch. & Bibl. Studies, 15. Atlanta 2013.
Killebrew, Ann E. The Philistines and Other "Sea Peoples" in Text and Archaeology. Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.
All materials are used under fair use for education and commentary.
0:00 - Intro
2:01 - Origins
10:19 - Geography
12:44 - Expansion
20:44 - Society
24:03 - Economy
27:42 - Art and Culture
30:19 - Language
32:15 - Religion.
38:25 - Decline and Fall.
At the same time, the Philistines leave us very little in the historical record by which we can discern what their culture may have been like, a fact which itself has perhaps accentuated a reliance on biblical sources. We do not know what language the Philistines spoke, what alphabet they used, what their culture held dear; their gods are unclear, and their origins are an enduring mystery.
However, archaeology, in concert with what scant written sources we have, can help us build a clearer picture of this Levantine people. Today, we will try to discern the answer to this question: who were the Philistines?
With thanks to my Patreon patrons, Bryce Carlyle, Shauna K, Macgonzo, David Mainayar, Mister Five by Five, and Clement Yang! You can join the Patreon to support the channel, watch all the videos ad-free, and access more content.Support the Channel: www.patreon.com/TheHistories
Music:
Blank Light - Adi Goldstein
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/adi-goldstein/blank-lightLicense code: OFUEEDOI7KU4H76M
Incantation - Scott Buckley
Sources:
The Philistines: The History of the Ancient Israelites' Most Notorious Enemy, Charles River Editors, 2015.
Aren M. Maeir. "Iron Age I Philistines - Entangled Identities in a Transformative Period." In The Social Archaeology of the Levant: From Prehistory to the Present, edited by Assaf Yasur-Landau, Eric H. Cline and Yorke Rowan, pp. 310 - 323. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Meyers, Eric, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East: Volume 4. Oxford University Press, 1997.
Aren M. Maeir et al. "Technological Insights on Philistine Culture: Perspectives from Tell es-Safi/Gath." Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2019).
Hermann Michael Niemann. "Neighbors and Foes, Rivals and Kin: Philistines, Shepheleans, Judeans between Geography and Economy, History and Theology." In: Ann E. Killebrew and Gunnar Lehmann (Eds.): The Philistines and Other "Sea Peoples" in Text and Archaeology, 243-264. Arch. & Bibl. Studies, 15. Atlanta 2013.
Killebrew, Ann E. The Philistines and Other "Sea Peoples" in Text and Archaeology. Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.
All materials are used under fair use for education and commentary.
0:00 - Intro
2:01 - Origins
10:19 - Geography
12:44 - Expansion
20:44 - Society
24:03 - Economy
27:42 - Art and Culture
30:19 - Language
32:15 - Religion.
38:25 - Decline and Fall.
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Should be verifiable by dna tests on Polish of Russian Ashkenazis. Where are these ?
Hebrews were just Greek Arabs you can't prove me wrong
Phoenicia was a Greek colony before the Semitic people got there...Europa, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agenor, the Greek king of Phoenicia. The beauty of Europa inspired the love of Zeus, who approached her in the form of a white bull and carried her away from Phoenicia to Crete...He also had Cadmus,Cilix,Phoenix,Phineus, Thasus and Cepheus.Agenor's wife was Telephassa...all Greek people
Why do so many people claim to be of Scythian origin??? There is nothing overly special about them either. They didn’t really do much other than exist for a time, before being swallowed up by others. Yet so many ppl like to imagine they originated from them. Makes no sense to me. Also, I’m not sure why people like Bede found it so hard to conclude that the Picts were nothing more than northern Britons.
The constant background music ruins it for me.
"north western spain" you mean portugal? dude that's where portugal came from NOT spain
Herodotus wasn’t always right and allowed his sense of cultural arrogance to colour much of what he heard or saw.
How the tables turn
You are doing really good things man. Just found you, and I can't stop watching. Please keep it up
On my mothers side, they come from Montrose, Angus. Angus was at the heartland of the Pictii. So it's probably safe to say that Pictish runs through our veins...
So the ancient Palestinians were, along with Aegean and Egyptian immigrants, the Canaanites who were there for millennia. They were Aramaic.
Just in time to weigh in on the Palestine conflict...
They were simply turkic
Excellent documentary. Thank you!
30:49 this declaration- by 'pope innocent', no less- has been the end of many a catholic's tenure -sure worked on me.
Just started it but I already know they were unknown because they would t adapt or adopt other tribes way of life, leaving them academically in the dust. If you are someone who refuses to learn new things you are a phillistine
The narrators bias is clear from the start. I love how their territory is marked “Philistines” instead of “Philistia”. Yeah I’m out.
Its a shame they themselves did not use the alphabet much, hence their decline at their own peril
I really enjoyed this presentation
*** The origin of the word Cathar (Qatar) is itself Arabic (of Canaanite origin) and means the puritans, or the quintessence. In general Cathar means a small pure part of a large whole formed of different components. The name of the country Qatar in the Middle East itself is of Canaanite origin because the Canaanites settled there forming a small whole Of Canaan. This word Qatar also passed from Canaanite to the Greek language.
** It is obvious that the Cathars were influenced by Islam either from the Middle East (crusades) or from Spain, the idea that the trinity is a heresy and a pagan sacrilege that was introduced by the Greek Byzantines to Christianity is the same among the Cathars and the Muslims. The pagan dogma of the trinity introduced by the pagan Byzantines converted to Christianity, disfigured and perverted Christianity. Catharism was the first attempt of reform of Christian religion in Europe... This displeased the Catholics (worshippers of the heretical Trinity) who decided to destroy and massacre the innocent and puritan Cathars.
Thank you, very interesting
Think I will take the biblical histories over a guess
Meanwhile Arabs claiming to be Palestine 😂.
The present day Palestinians are falsely claiming to be Philistines. The Palestinians are Arabs while .the Philistines were greeks of Aegean origin.
Baalzebub sounds like a merge of Baal and Zeus.
What a wonderful video! Subscribed!
In Pakistan & India the word Filistine is reference to the people of Palestine. .
Pastafarians?
This is really great editing, and so informative! I'm really enjoying your channel, the subjects are so interesting and your style is very relaxing and entertaining! I hope you keep them coming! :)
Christian’s killed more Jews and Muslims. Bible is controlled by priest and thugs to favour their benefits
We don’t even know their name… Plishtim just means invadors in Hebrew.
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It is clear that you have more or less converted the "Khazar" entry on Wikipedia into this video, curiously without mentioning that the Wikipedia article states that there is no proof for a Khazar origin of Ashkenazi Jews. And I can tell you where Ashkenazi jews came from. From large scale medieval conversions among European peasants. The influx of Jewish converts prompted the Vatican to ban rabbis from making converts. You sure attract the antisemites with your video.
There are still descendants of khazars today, who have fully assimilated to their surroundings in mostly Ukraine, and still keep to what can immediately recognize as jewish customs.
everyone believing there is such a thing as "jewish blood" while there are 2 ways in which you can be jewish: be born into it (Jewish mother), or become jewish. Anyone can become jewish. Also, if you're born into it, that only happens via a Jewish mother. If you have a jewish father, you're not jewish. You can have 3 Jewish grandparents and not be jewish, or 1 and be fully jewish. Inform yourselves.
Defiantly not Palestinians...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistines
The term "Palestinian" was used to refer to all people residing there, regardless of religion or ethnicity, and those granted citizenship by the British Mandatory authorities were granted "Palestinian citizenship".
Watch the video. Not at all what he said.
Finally a good video about Nestor Ivanovych and the Makhnovist movement just wish there was any for other Atamans like Shchus, Karetnyk or Bilash
If you can’t see the Danaans and Canaans were from the same source you’re not trying to understand the evidence and have an adgenda. It’s very clear Greeks and Phoenicians were related by so many different ways from the alphabet Linear A, Iron, Democracy, similar megalithic stone structures, ship design, sea faring lifestyles, colonialism, the time of the Sea Peoples, the Danaans settling Tel Dan right next to Canaan, and on and on. People won’t watch if it’s not mysterious.
Phoenicians came with the Sea peoples. It is well known they are cut from the same cloth as the Danaans.
But the abrahamic religions are good and friendly and peaceful and definitely not death cults…!!!!!
Jewish AND turkic? Thats just unlucky
13:06 Aristotle 17:07 closer to home, tin also came from the area now known as Afghanistan. Cypriot copper and Afghan tin is what made up bronze in the region.
LOTS of supposition here. If a historian doesn't wish to use Biblical texts, where does he get the term Israelites from? The Egyptians knew 'sea peoples' and 'ibiru' - 'Israelite' is a Biblical construct.
Religion is a mental illness.
Nicely done
Goliath wasn't a Philistine. He was a Rephaim Canaanite mercenary in their employ.
27:24 The Gebel el-Arak Knife was found in Abydos, Egypt and it is a depiction of a Mesopotamian king, not the God El. 30:13 That was found in Kalhu, Assyria. It is of Assyrian origin, not Phoenician.
I'm not so sure the Philistines were made up of a "multicultural" group that underwent an ethnogenesis in the region. I think it far more likely that they were made up of a large core of Myceneans and picked up cultural influences in the region gradually. It seems that archaeological and anthropological theory is strongly affected by modern cultural views, especially Western ones. It seems to me that modern archaeology and anthropology does a great deal of projection of modern standards onto the past. I think the farther back in history we go, the more cultures were intolerant with one another. Yes, they may have been delighted to trade with one another, but when forced together, one tended to dominate and enslave the other or wipe it out entirely. Even "multicultural" empires like the Persian or Roman Empires were not really multicultural the way we experience that creation in the modern West. The evidence seems to show that these empires respected local cultures and did not try to change them via rapid, mass mixing beyond having them accept certain laws that enabled trade. Royal marriages were exchanged, but you didn't really see massive, rapid general population exchanges the way you see them in the modern West. There is no evidence that this style of mass migration and mixing ever occurred peacefully and plenty of evidence to show that it didn't and still doesn't. Even modern cultural mixing is causing vast conflict and unrest and is only possible with large authoritarian police and military forces. Conflict is attempted to be avoided by showering people with free wealth. Police forces and welfare structures did not exist in the past, beyond things like the Roman military, which was not intended to be a police force, but a force of military conquest. For that reason, I think it unlikely that large populations mixing ever took place peacefully, especially when resources and wealth were more limited. I do suppose that if a large group of temporarily cooperative males from different cultures, such as the Sea Peoples, were defeated, and their remnant population was sent to the region by the Pharaoh, and provided wives, then they may have seen fit to cooperate in building a colony because that was their best chance for survival. I can see some situation like this occurring as being very plausible.