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The Philistines: Were They Greeks or Egyptians? Copyright, 2004 Vern Crisler 1. Courville's View: Our chronological perspective is called the Neo-Courville ...
2. Terminological Confusion When Courville wrote his book, the Exodus Problem, prior to 1971, he did not have access to the illuminating book by Trude and...
In a message dated 9/3/2004 5:49:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Yeah, well, I got news for you. That is dead wrong. If you track back using the Biblical...
Hi Group, The recent discussions on the Philistines in light of the Neo- Courville Chronology got me thinking about the possible origins of the Philistines of...
... Well I simply round off the ca. 1450 BC date to 1500 BC. Please note the original question about the conventional date of the end of the EB (Early Bronze)...
... <grazioli7@h...> wrote: <snip> ... These are interesting. Can you share any more information about Faucounau's views, etc.? ... I agree that the Cretans...
In a message dated 9/4/2004 6:15:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rb47x@... ... Yeah, but 50 years is a long time. Just who did they slip past coming and...
... rb47x@A... ... (snip) ... of Moab in ... The late king of Egypt who died in the Red Sea would be Merenre II, the last of the Old Kingdom. The king of Moab...
Hi Vern, Thanks for the swift reply! ... Jean ... to ... the ... 6th ... I have done a little more research, and discovered that Faucounau has written some...
Note: some of this material has already been posted earlier, but is here reposted for the sake of continuity in the essay (which has about 10 parts). 3....
In a message dated 9/5/2004 1:03:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Well, yes, but what does the archaeological record say? Assuming he isn't already found by...
... the ... the ... Assuming ... named then ... As far as I know, unlike Balaam the seer, the name of Balak has not yet been uncovered by archaeological...
In a message dated 9/6/2004 11:11:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I vaguely recall something of Balaam getting mentioned somewhere outside The Bible - can...
... not ... somewhere ... Yes, Balaam is mentioned in an inscription discovered at Deir'Alla in modern Jordan, identified by some as the Biblical Succoth. The...
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/OT/balaam.html [1] Scroll of [Ba]laam [son of Beo]r, the man seeing the gods; behold, the gods came to him at night,...
In a message dated 9/7/2004 8:56:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Okay, so if this was written c. 700 BC, is this supposedly some repair work on a long pre...
4. What's In a Name? The term "Philistine" is often thought of as signifying a boorish person, or the quality of one's views on art, i.e., reactionary or ...
Hi Vern Carians = Krty is unlikely Throughout the ancient world these people were known as the K-R-K- from Egypt to Babylon (Karsa) to Persia (Kurka/Karka) and...
... on ... cultic ... some repair ... thing ... I can't find any evidence that it represents repair work, but, in light of the Biblical evidence, the name of...
In a message dated 9/8/2004 12:18:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... That it was on plaster might indicate it was subject to repair. I recall reading somewhere...
... Thanks for your comments, Joe. I found this on an online encyclopedia: --Caria (Greek "kares/karikoi")...Their name appears in a number of contemporary...
Note: some of this has already been posted, but is posted here for the sake of continuity: 5. A Mysterious Homeland? Biblical history does not refer to the...
... in ... father ... seems ... on ... Balaamic ... repair. ... people ... maintenance. ... have, ... constant ... so it ... centuries ... I think that this is...
6. The Archaeology of Crete The archaeological record of Crete provides some support to the view that the Casluhim migrated to Crete from Egypt: "E[arly]...
7. Pottery Anachronisms Scholars have boxed themselves into a corner in their thoroughgoing equation of the Philistines with the Sea Peoples (based upon...
9. Linear A The Philistines are, by conventional chronology, given an Aegean or even Greek origin, so it would seem that tracing them back to their Cretan...