# Who were the Philistines?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-philistines/161926 "2003-03-17T04:02:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-philistines/161926/1 "2003-03-17T04:02:13Z")

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Outside of the bible, I have a difficult time finding out information on the Philistines and their religious practices–I know they served a fertility god called Dagon and they were the ones who stole the Ark of the Covenent, but beyond this (and whether all that is truly historical) there seems to be a lack of information on this fascinating people. Anyone a philistine major? lol.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-philistines/161926/2 "2003-03-17T04:32:13Z")

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[The Philistines.](http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~maeira/word_files/philistines.htm)

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-philistines/161926/3 "2003-03-17T04:54:03Z")

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Info appreciated. Thanks!