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Philistines

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Philistines. The people occupying S. Palestine who were in conflict with the Israelites at the time of the Judges. Contrary to the colloquial English usage, whereby ‘Philistine’ means ‘antagonistic to culture’, the Philistines had a sophisticated culture.

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