The Philistines in transition
Subtitle: a history from ca. 1000-730 B.C.E.
By: by Carl S. Ehrlich.
Series: Studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East,; v. 10
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- History of Biblical events.; Philistines -- History.; Jews -- History -- 953-586 B.C.; Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Description: This study of the history of the Philistines during the first quarter of the first millennium BCE has a twofold aim: First, to examine in detail a number of ancient texts, mainly biblical until the rise of the neo-assyrian empire, while evaluating each text in its own right as a potential historical source.

Second, to offer a synthetic reconstruction of the course of Philistine history between 1000-730 BCE, employing the results of the textual study in conjunction with those of recent archaelogical excavations in Philistia. This is the first monograph to be devoted to the Philistines during this critical period in the history of the Ancient Near East.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-226) and indexes.
Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation (Harvard University, 1991).