The Philistines

[Minimalist]

A lecture by Prof. Aren Maier who has been excavating the Philistine city of Gath at a site known as Tel-es-Safi.

It's amusing to watch Prof. Maier indicate that his bible is full of shit while he wears a yarmulke!  Still, archaeology dismisses the bible bullshit tales involving the so-called David which the xtristards will just hate.




It is an hour and 12 minutes long but you don't have to watch it all at once.

[vorlon13]

Mormon archaeological digs have yielded precisely zero support for even the most trifling particle of the Book of Mormon.

Maybe the Mormons and Aren could share a near beer sometime and commiserate ??

[Minimalist]

I'm sure Maier would find mormons amusing.

It was he who told Simcha Jacobovici "you aren't naked and you aren't an archaeologist."

[Cato]

[Minimalist]

Yes, the first time I heard Lewis' Flintstones comment I hurt my ribs laughing.

And Maier is such a step up from what we usually get around here.  When he makes a point he normally has some piece of evidence to back him up.  So unlike the creatards who soil our carpets with jesus shit.

[Minimalist]

[Wyrd of Gawd]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I don't think the bullshit representation of the Philistines by Biblical authors is all that strange. It's almost a universal trait for a culture to paint its enemies in the worst possible light (Romans of the Late Republic/Early Empire are notable exceptions). Which is going to be more acceptable to the proles:

'We have to attack the barbaric, savage Philistines because they want to destroy us'

or

'We have to attack the learned, skillful, cultured Philistines because they have stuff we want'?

Boru