The Philistines and Other Sea Peoples in Text and Archaeology (Archaeology and Biblical Studies) (Society of Biblical Literature: Archaeology and Biblical Studies)

The search for the biblical Philistines, one of ancient Israel's most storied enemies, has long intrigued both scholars and the public. Archaeological and textual evidence examined in its broader eastern Mediterranean context reveals that the Philistines, well-known from biblical and extrabiblical texts, together with other related groups of “Sea Peoples,” played a transformative role in the development of new ethnic groups and polities that emerged from the ruins of the Late Bronze Age empires. The essays in this book, representing recent research in the fields of archaeology, Bible, and history, reassess the origins, identity, material culture, and impact of the Philistines and other Sea Peoples on the Iron Age cultures and peoples of the eastern Mediterranean. The contributors are Matthew J. Adams, Michal Artzy, Tristan J. Barako, David Ben-Shlomo, Mario Benzi, Margaret E. Cohen, Anat Cohen-Weinberger, Trude Dothan, Elizabeth French, Marie-Henriette Gates, Hermann Genz, Ayelet Gilboa, Maria Iacovou, Ann E. Killebrew, Sabine Laemmel, Gunnar Lehmann, Aren M. Maeir, Amihai Mazar, Linda Meiberg, Penelope A. Mountjoy, Hermann Michael Niemann, Jeremy B. Rutter, Ilan Sharon, Susan Sherratt, Neil Asher Silberman, and Itamar Singer. When The Past Was New : Moshe Dothan (1919-1999), An Appreciation / Neil Asher Silberman -- The World Of The Philistines And Other Sea Peoples / Ann E. Killebrew And Gunnar Lehmann -- The Philistines In The Bible : A Short Rejoinder To A New Perspective / Itamar Singer -- Mycenaean Iiic : 1 Pottery In Philistia : Four Decades Of Research / Trude Dothan And David Ben-shlomo -- Philistines And Egyptians In Southern Coastal Canaan During The Early Iron Age / Tristan J. Barako -- The Mycenaean Iiic Pottery At Tel Miqne-ekron / Penelope A. Mountjoy -- Early Philistine Pottery Technology At Tel Miqne-ekron : Implications For The Late Bronze-early Iron Age Transition In The Eastern Mediterranean / Ann E. Killebrew -- Philistine Lion-headed Cups : Aegean Or Anatolian? / Linda Meiberg -- A Few Tomb Groups From Tell El-far'ah South / Sabine Laemmel --^ Philistia Transforming : Fresh Evidence From Tell Eṣ-Ṣafi/gath On The Transformational Trajectory Of The Philistine Culture / Aren M. Maeir -- Neighbors And Foes, Rivals And Kin : Philistines, Shepheleans, Judeans Between Geography And Economy, History And Theology / Hermann Michael Niemann -- Aegean-style Pottery In Syria And Lebanon During Iron Age I / Gunnar Lehmann -- On The Other Sea Peoples / Michal Artzy -- The Origin And Date Of Aegean-type Pottery In The Levant / Elizabeth French -- Mycenaean Iiic And Related Pottery From Beth Shean / Susan Sherratt And Amihai Mazar, With An Appendix By Anat Cohen-weinberger -- The Skl Town : Dor In The Early Iron Age / Ilan Sharon And Ayelet Gilboa -- No Land Could Stand Before Their Arms, From Hatti ... On ...? : New Light On The End Of The Hittite Empire And The Early Iron Age In Central Anatolia / Hermann Genz -- Cilicia / Elizabeth French -- Early Iron Age Newcomers At Kinet Höyük, Eastern Cilicia / Marie-henriette Gates --^ The Southeast Aegean In The Age Of The Sea Peoples / Mario Benzi -- Aegean Elements In The Earliest Philistine Ceramic Assemblage : A View From The West / Jeremy B. Rutter -- The Late Lh Iiib And Lh Iiic Early Pottery Of The East Aegean-west Anatolian Interface / Penelope A. Mountjoy -- Aegean-style Material Culture In Late Cypriot Iii : Minimal Evidence, Maximal Interpretation / Maria Iacovou -- The Ceramic Phenomenon Of The Sea Peoples : An Overview / Susan Sherratt -- The Sea Peoples In Primary Sources / Matthew J. Adams And Margaret E. Cohen. Edited By Ann E. Killebrew And Gunnar Lehmann. This Volume Developed Out Of A 2001 Workshop Devoted To The Philistines And Other Sea Peoples, Which Was Co-organized By Ann E. Killebrew, Gunnar Lehmann, Michal Artzy, And Rachel Hachlili, And Co-sponsored By The University Of Haifa And The Ben Gurion University Of The Negev--introduction. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 665-737) And Index. 1. The World of the Philistines and Other 'Sea Peoples' 1 Ann E. Killebrew and Gunnar Lehmann 2. The Philistines in the Bible: A Short Rejoinder to a New Perspective 19 Itamar Singer 3. Mycenaean IIIC:1 Pottery in Philistia: Four Decades of Research 29 Trude Dothan and David Ben-Shlomo 4. Philistines and Egyptians in Southern Coastal Canaan during the Early Iron Age 37 Tristan J. Barako 5. The Mycenaean IIIC Pottery at Tel Miqne-Ekron 53 Penelope A. Mountjoy 6. Early Philistine Pottery Technology at Tel Miqne-Ekron: Implications for the Late Bronze–Early Iron Age Transition in the Eastern Mediterranean 77 Ann E. Killebrew 7. Philistine Lion-Headed Cups: Aegean or Anatolian? 131 Linda Meiberg 8. A Few Tomb Groups from Tell el-Far‘ah South 145 Sabine Laemmel 9. Philistia Transforming: Fresh Evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath on the Transformational Trajectory of the Philistine Culture 191 Aren M. Maeir 10. Neighbors and Foes, Rivals and Kin: Philistines, Shepheleans, Judeans between Geography and Economy, History and Theology 243 Hermann Michael Niemann 11. Aegean-Style Pottery in Syria and Lebanon during Iron Age I 265 Gunnar Lehmann 12. On the Other 'Sea Peoples' 329 Michal Artzy 13. The Origin and Date of Aegean-Type Pottery in the Levant 345 Elizabeth French 14. 'Mycenaean IIIC' and Related Pottery from Beth Shean 349 Susan Sherratt and Amihai Mazar, with an Appendix by Anat Cohen-Weinberger 15. The SKL Town: Dor in the Early Iron Age 393 Ilan Sharon and Ayelet Gilboa 16. 'No Land Could Stand Before Their Arms, from Hatti ... on ...'? New Light on the End of the Hittite Empire and the Early Iron Age in Central Anatolia 469 Hermann Genz 17. Cilicia 479 Elizabeth French 18. Early Iron Age Newcomers at Kinet Höyük, Eastern Cilicia 485 Marie-Henriette Gates 19. The Southeast Aegean in the Age of the Sea Peoples 509 Mario Benzi 20. Aegean Elements in the Earliest Philistine Ceramic Assemblage: A View from the West 543 Jeremy B. Rutter 21. The Late LH IIIB and LH IIIC Early Pottery of the East Aegean– West Anatolian Interface 563 Penelope A. Mountjoy 22. Aegean-Style Material Culture in Late Cypriot III: Minimal Evidence, Maximal Interpretation 585 Maria Iacovou 23. The Ceramic Phenomenon of the 'Sea Peoples': An Overview 619 Susan Sherratt 24. The 'Sea Peoples' in Primary Sources 645 Matthew J. Adams and Margaret E. Cohen