What's amusing about this is that "Dagon" was a Sumerian diety from the mid 3'd millenium. He may have been booted around for a while in the ANE but the Philistines did not arrive in Canaan until the mid-12th century BCE. Dagon would have been somewhat long in the tooth by then.
It is doubtful that the Philistines, who were Hellenic, would have known about Dagon prior to landing so we are asked to believe that they made landfall and went "native." Seems unconvincing but then so much of the OT is nothing but horseshit.
It is doubtful that the Philistines, who were Hellenic, would have known about Dagon prior to landing so we are asked to believe that they made landfall and went "native." Seems unconvincing but then so much of the OT is nothing but horseshit.
