Ziemowit
15 Dec 2016
History / Sensational : the biblical Philistines - were they Slavic people? [8]
Giancarlo T. Tomezzoli of Etno-Archaeological Observatory (Munich, Germany) and Reinhardt S. Stein of Universiteit Utrecht (Uithof, Holland) say in their paper* published this year that one inscription from an ostracon** made from local clay appears to have a specific meaning of: "People come in, we see" or in loose translation: "Come and see". Such a meaning has been revealed through the analysis of all the possible 27 spellings of the inscription of which one, compared with the present surviving Slavic languages, showed this specific meaning.
In conclusion, the authors of the paper say:
The inscription and the considerations developed in this article indicate that the Philistines of the ancient Ashkelon, or the Philistines in general, was a Proto-Slavic tribe or people which spoke a non-survived Proto-Slavic language, which settled in the south part of present Israel in the Iron Age, i.e. well before the VII century A.D. generally accepted period of the Slavs arrival in Eastern Europe.
The Philistines were an ancient people primarily known for their conflict with the Israelites described in the Bible. The origin and the nature of the Philistines is an enigma for the contemporary historical studies. They appear to have first settled the Aegean area and then, as a Sea People, around 1200 B.C. to have invaded and settled the south part of present Israel.
scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=69428
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*) Tomezzoli, G. and Stein, R. (2016) The Philistine Inscription 4.5 from Ashkelon (Israel). Advances in Anthropology, 6, 45-50
**) ostracon is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel
Giancarlo T. Tomezzoli of Etno-Archaeological Observatory (Munich, Germany) and Reinhardt S. Stein of Universiteit Utrecht (Uithof, Holland) say in their paper* published this year that one inscription from an ostracon** made from local clay appears to have a specific meaning of: "People come in, we see" or in loose translation: "Come and see". Such a meaning has been revealed through the analysis of all the possible 27 spellings of the inscription of which one, compared with the present surviving Slavic languages, showed this specific meaning.
In conclusion, the authors of the paper say:
The inscription and the considerations developed in this article indicate that the Philistines of the ancient Ashkelon, or the Philistines in general, was a Proto-Slavic tribe or people which spoke a non-survived Proto-Slavic language, which settled in the south part of present Israel in the Iron Age, i.e. well before the VII century A.D. generally accepted period of the Slavs arrival in Eastern Europe.
The Philistines were an ancient people primarily known for their conflict with the Israelites described in the Bible. The origin and the nature of the Philistines is an enigma for the contemporary historical studies. They appear to have first settled the Aegean area and then, as a Sea People, around 1200 B.C. to have invaded and settled the south part of present Israel.
scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=69428
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*) Tomezzoli, G. and Stein, R. (2016) The Philistine Inscription 4.5 from Ashkelon (Israel). Advances in Anthropology, 6, 45-50
**) ostracon is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel
