Winner (for best semi-popular book) of the 2008 Irene Levi-Sala Prize for publications on the
archaeology of Israel. The emergence of Israel in Canaan is a central topic in biblical/Syro …

Recent discussion of the formation and alteration of P hilistine identity in the L evantine I ron
A ge continues to reference primarily pottery styles and dietary practices. Such traditional …

The subject of the Oxford conference—the chronology of the Iron Age of the southern Levant
in the 12th–9th centuries BCE in light of current debates and 14C dating—is of great interest …

Referring to several important introductory books written about the archaeology of the land
of Israel, William Dever once stated:“However adequate these may be as introductions to the …

The traditional chronology of ancient Israel in the 11th–9th centuries BCE was constructed
mainly by correlating archaeological phenomena with biblical narratives and with Bible …

English summary: The Philistines were immigrants from the Aegean region and Cyprus
arriving at the southern coast of Palestine/Israel during the 12th century BCE. They created a …

Over the past several years, a number of Levantine archaeologists working on the Iron Age
(ca. 1200-586 BCE) have begun to employ high precision radiocarbon dating to solve a …

The ethnic identity of the Philistines and their relationship to Greece, Cyprus, Anatolia and
the Sea Peoples continues to be a very lively and interesting area of scholarly debate. This …

This Element looks critically at migration scenarios proposed for the end of the Bronze Age
in the eastern Mediterranean. After presenting some historical background to the …

Despite thirty years of new discoveries and scores of new publications onthe Philistines, for
the most part the narrative about them has not altered substantially. 1 To a large extent, the …