In the Old Testament, Philistines are presented as being of a different race from the Hebrews, coming from the “Land of Caphtor,” today’s Crete ... peoples were marked by frequent wars. In the Bible, ...

In 2007, Time magazine asserted that the Bible “has done more to shape literature, history, entertainment, and culture than any book ever written.” With phrases like “an eye for an eye” and “thou ...

There, as in the English Bible, the books are named I and II Samuel ... took the name “Palestine”) from Caphtor, or Crete (Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7). Settlements of Philistines were in Canaan ...