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Our study has shown for the first time that the Philistines immigrated to this region in the 12th century (BC), we didn't show it by showing similar styles of pottery, we didn't show it by looking at texts, we showed it by looking at the DNA of the people themselves. – Daniel Master	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This ancestral component is derived from Europe, or to be more specific, from southern Europe, so the ancestors of the Philistines must have traveled across the Mediterranean and arrived in Ashkelon sometime between the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of the Iron age, there would be a lot more that we can say if we had more data, for example we could maybe more precisely pinpoint the source of this migration. – Michal Feldman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We are not out to destroy and to rule out genuine antiques and pieces of real cultural value that date back hundreds of years, we're not philistines. – Charlie Mayhew	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The Philistines have had some bad press, and this will dispel a lot of myths. – Lawrence Stager	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Any test that turns on what is offensive to the communitys standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the First Amendment. Under that test, juries can censor, suppress, and punish what they dont like, provided the matter relates to sexual impurity or has a tendency to excite lustful thoughts. This is community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win. – William O. Douglas	added by anonymous 10 years ago

Our study has shown for the first time that the Philistines immigrated to this region in the 12th century (BC), we didn't show it by showing similar styles of pottery, we didn't show it by looking at texts, we showed it by looking at the DNA of the people themselves.

– Daniel Master

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This ancestral component is derived from Europe, or to be more specific, from southern Europe, so the ancestors of the Philistines must have traveled across the Mediterranean and arrived in Ashkelon sometime between the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of the Iron age, there would be a lot more that we can say if we had more data, for example we could maybe more precisely pinpoint the source of this migration.

– Michal Feldman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are not out to destroy and to rule out genuine antiques and pieces of real cultural value that date back hundreds of years, we're not philistines.

– Charlie Mayhew

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The Philistines have had some bad press, and this will dispel a lot of myths.

– Lawrence Stager

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Any test that turns on what is offensive to the communitys standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the First Amendment. Under that test, juries can censor, suppress, and punish what they dont like, provided the matter relates to sexual impurity or has a tendency to excite lustful thoughts. This is community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win.

– William O. Douglas

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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