“No passion in the world,” H.G. Wells declared, “is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.” A wry line, aimed at the funny bone of the elite. But if we’re to joke about impulses of the ...

There’s a scene in Noah Baumbach’s brilliant “The Squid and the Whale” where the proudly cultured but socially inept father — Jeff Daniels — calls his rebellious son a “philistine.” He spits out the ...

While many aspects of Philistine culture are well-documented, the specifics of Philistine religious practices and deities have long remained shrouded in mystery. A recent study contributes valuable ...

The ancient enemies of Israel have revealed themselves at last. For the first time in history, archaeologists have come face to face with the Philistines during an excavation of an ancient cemetery in ...

A: "Philistine" was originally applied to a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a land along the eastern Mediterranean coast. The Philistines of the Old Testament were constant rivals and ...

The enigmatic Philistine culture, which flourished during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-604 BCE), profoundly affected the southern Levant's cultural history, agronomy, and dietary customs. More than a ...