What Language(s) Did the Philistines Speak?
The evidence that we have for the language(s) spoken by the Philistines is not plentiful, but what we do have is interesting (though far from conclusive). Two types of evidence predominate: (1) inscriptions from Philistine sites (thus these inscriptions may have been produced by Philistines), and (2...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2018
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2018, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-23 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Philistines B Gath |
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| Summary: | The evidence that we have for the language(s) spoken by the Philistines is not plentiful, but what we do have is interesting (though far from conclusive). Two types of evidence predominate: (1) inscriptions from Philistine sites (thus these inscriptions may have been produced by Philistines), and (2) Philistine words and names borrowed into other languages of the region and recorded (however imperfectly) in non-Philistine records. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.81.1.0022 |