| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Philistines |
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(f l´st nz, fls´–) (KEY) , inhabitants of Philistia, a non-Semitic people who came to Palestine from the Aegean (probably Crete), in the 12th cent. B.C. Their control of iron supplies and their tight political organization of cities made them a rival of the people of Israel for centuries. Philistine has come to mean an uncultured, materialistic person. | 1 | | See studies by T. Dothan (1982) and B. F. Griffin (1983). | 2 |
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