1. The Philistines And Philistia As A Distinct Geo-political Entity
Late Bronze Age To 500 BC
THE PHILISTINES AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE:
EPIGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR PELESET AND THE PHILISTINES.
THE NAME ‘CANA’AN’ IN THE LATE BRONZE PERIOD.
THE NAME PALESTINE TAKES OVER FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE ONWARDS.
THE NAMES PILISTE AND PHILISTIA IN ASSYRIAN SOURCES.
IRON AGE PHILISTIA AS A DISTINCT POLITY:
THE COUNTRY OF THE PELESET FROM GAZA TO TANTUR (1200‒712 BC).
THE HIGHLY DEVELOPED CITIES OF PHILISTIA.
THE ‘WAY OF THE PHILISTINES’: PALESTINE AS A TRANSIT COUNTRY AND THE HISTORIC ROAD OF VIA MARIS.
PHILISTO-ARABIAN COINS: CURRENCY, POWER AND AUTONOMY IN PHILISTIA (6TH–4TH CENTURIES BC).