Sorry, Mouse. I did not see your earlier reply until just now. Not sure how that happened.....
Anyway,
Egyptologist, Donald Redford, tells us that the Egyptians referred to Canaan as "the land beyond the sand," a picturesque if somewhat awkward way of saying it.
There are Assyrian references to the Philisti and Palastu. The Egyptians called them the Peleset. I'm sorry that no one referred to them by their English names but that really would be asking a lot....seeing as how English did not exist at this time. In addition we have a firmly dated series of destruction layers in the mid 12th century at the formerly Canaanite (another name that was not used at the time but is conventional today) towns of Ashdod, Ekron, Gaza, Ashkelon and Gath.
Below the layer, the remains are Canaanite. Above they are Hellenic which is an indication that the Sea Peoples had some Greek heritage.
The Sea Peoples, having battled Ramesses III either lost or fought to a draw. They either then withdrew to Canaan on their own OR were directed there by the Egyptians who subsequently withdrew from their base at Beth Shean apparently voluntarily. In any case, they overran the towns mentioned and we have a definitive shift in pottery styles at that time. They had no written language of their own so we do not know what they called themselves....only what their opponents called them. But whatever they called themselves - they were there.
Only if you ignore the pieces you don't like.
Anyway,
Quote:Philistia and Judah are bible places. They did not exist.
Egyptologist, Donald Redford, tells us that the Egyptians referred to Canaan as "the land beyond the sand," a picturesque if somewhat awkward way of saying it.
There are Assyrian references to the Philisti and Palastu. The Egyptians called them the Peleset. I'm sorry that no one referred to them by their English names but that really would be asking a lot....seeing as how English did not exist at this time. In addition we have a firmly dated series of destruction layers in the mid 12th century at the formerly Canaanite (another name that was not used at the time but is conventional today) towns of Ashdod, Ekron, Gaza, Ashkelon and Gath.
Below the layer, the remains are Canaanite. Above they are Hellenic which is an indication that the Sea Peoples had some Greek heritage.
The Sea Peoples, having battled Ramesses III either lost or fought to a draw. They either then withdrew to Canaan on their own OR were directed there by the Egyptians who subsequently withdrew from their base at Beth Shean apparently voluntarily. In any case, they overran the towns mentioned and we have a definitive shift in pottery styles at that time. They had no written language of their own so we do not know what they called themselves....only what their opponents called them. But whatever they called themselves - they were there.
Quote:The physical evidence is conclusive.
Only if you ignore the pieces you don't like.
