In the 1950s, a dumb American archaeologist found ruins at a nearby tell named Tel Erani and identified it as the Philistine city of Gath. Later archeologists proved this to be incorrect, but not before Kiryat Gat had been named in 1954. It proved too difficult to subsequently change the city’s name. This event cooled earlier enthusiasm for restoring biblical names more widely across the region. The location most favored for Gath now is Tel es-Safi (Blanche Garde), thirteen kilometers (8.1 miles) to the northeast.
ellauri479.html on line 276: Tell es-Safi (Arabic: تل الصافي, romanized: Tall aṣ-Ṣāfī, "White hill"; Hebrew: תל צפית, Tel Tzafit) was an Arab Palestinian village, located in the Shephelah region on the southern banks of Wadi ´Ajjur, 35 kilometers (22 mi) northwest of Hebron, which had its Arab population expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. Archaeological excavations show that the site (a tell or archaeological mound) was continuously inhabited since the 5th millennium BCE, and it is widely identified with the Philistine city of Gath. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was part of the district of Gaza.
ellauri479.html on line 278: Today the site, known as Tel Tzafit, is an Israeli national park incorporating archaeological remains which were reluctantly, if not at all, identified as the Philistine city of Gath, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the place where David hid with his hoodlums.
ellauri479.html on line 285: During the Iron Age, the site became a major Philistine site, "Gath of the Philistines", one of the five cities of the Philistine "pentapolis", known from biblical and extra-biblical (such as Assyrian) sources. Settled from the earliest phases of the Philistine culture (c. 1200 BCE), evidence of the various stages of the Philistine culture have been found. In particular, finds indicating the gradual transformation of the Philistines, from a Western immigrant (Aegean) culture, sea people with funny mushroom hats, to a more locally oriented hairy-armed culture abound. This process, which has been termed "acculturation" or "kotoutus" can be seen in various aspects of the Philistine culture, as the Iron Age unfolds.
ellauri479.html on line 287: Gath is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the five main Philistine cities. It was one of the last refuges of the ex-Jedi knight Anakin in front of the conquering prepuceless Israelites under Joshua.
ellauri479.html on line 289: Gath was also the home city of the Philistine giant Goliath and his brothers, as well as of Itai HaGiti, one of King David´s generals, and his 600 hoodlums who aided the king in his exile from his son Absalom. David, while running from Saul, escaped to Gath, and served under its king Aziz the Combat Fighter.
ellauri479.html on line 291: During Solomon´s reign, Shemeikka (Siimei) went to Gath to recover his escaped slave. As Luther has it: Da machte sich Simei auf und sattelte seinen Esel und zog hin gen Gath zu Achis, daß er seine Knechte suchte. Und da er hinkam, brachte er seine Knechte von Gath. Tämä riitti debiilille Schlomolle verukkeexi tappaa ehdonalaiskarkurina Shemeikka.
ellauri479.html on line 293: The narrative in the first book of Chronicles relates that Ezer and Elead, sons of Ephraim, were killed by men who were natives of Gath, because "they came down to take their livestock". This tragic event took place during their lifetime in Canaan, causing their father Ephraim to mourn for many days.
ellauri479.html on line 300: Gath is named as one of 15 cities fortified by clueless king Rehoboam, son of debile King Solomon, which were captured by snappy faraoh Shashlik, king of Egypt (Hedjkheperre Setepenre Šošenq I). Šošenk I samastetaan perinteisesti egyptiläiseen kuninkaaseen Tämäshakiin (שׁישׁק Šîšaq , translitteroituna ), johon viitataan heprealaisessa Raamatussa 1. Kuninkaiden kirjan luvussa 11:40, 14:25 ja 2. Aikakirjan kirjan luvussa 12:2–9. Näiden kohtien mukaan Jerobeam pakeni Salomoa ja pysyi Siisakin luona Salomon kuolemaan asti, ja Siisaq hyökkäsi Juudaan, enimmäkseen Benjaminin alueelle, Rehobeamin viidentenä hallitusvuotena, vieden mukanaan suurimman osan Salomonin rakentaman temppelin aarteista. (Rehobeam oli se kaveri joka kerskui että sen pikkuveitikka oli paxumpi kuin sen isän koko lantio.)
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ellauri479.html on line 306: The 19th-century scholar Edward Robinson proposed that Gath be identified with Tell es-Safi, and this identification was generally accepted until the early 20th century, when it began to be questioned. In the 1920s, dumb American archaeologist W. F. Albright disputed this identification, writing that "The archaeological exploration of Tell el-Safi did not yield a shred of evidence for the identification with Gath." Albright suggested another site, Tell 'Areini (now close to the city of Kiryat Gat) which, despite some opposition, was accepted to the point that the Israel Government Names Committee renamed it as Tel Gat in 1953. However, excavations at Tell 'Areini starting in 1959 found no traces of Middle Bronze Age.
xxx/ellauri157.html on line 178: Depending upon the translation used (eg. the Hebrew Transliteration “Eth Cepher”) you may get a clearer view of what actually happened. The Moabites were made to lie down upon the the ground. They were measured. Those measuring one length of cord were spared but the giants - a hybrid breed were executed. This is in keeping with the killing of the charge hybrids Goliath of Gath and his brothers. Please note that Og of Bashan was a giant, as were the Rephaim and the Anakin Skywalker. The Book of Echinococh as recommended by Peter, Paul and Mary explains further who “the sons of God” actually were and really clarifies Genesis 6 and why our Mighty Mouse had to destroy the earth. The “sons of God” were not human and hence their offspring were no longer a scale image of God (who had shrunk a lot like a leaky balloon due to all the emanation) so they could never have salivation. The Eth Cepher gives a much clearer translation of the Hebrew than the English versions and so we see that the decimated gorillas were quite malevolent towards God and His more recently created short order cooks - especially people.
xxx/ellauri250.html on line 860: And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span [more than 9 feet tall]. 5 He had a helmet of bronze [Why bronze and not iron? Was the iron one in the wash?] on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail [bronze scale armor] [same question], and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze [about 125 pounds]. 6 And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. 7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron [15 pounds]. And his shield-bearer went before him. [No wonder, he was pretty encumbered with all the other bronze on him.]
xxx/ellauri305.html on line 101: Kopiot Brownin rakkauskirjeistä julkaistiin kirjasen muodossa, ja niitä myytiin oikeudenkäynnin aikana oikeussalin ulkopuolella. Theodore Dreiser parafrasoi monia näistä kirjeistä romaanissaan Amerikan tragedia lainaten viimeistä kirjettä melkein sanatarkasti. Jennifer Donnelly käytti monia kirjaimia romaanissaan A Northern Light (höh eikös se ollut Gathering light?).
xxx/ellauri366.html on line 478: Gather kids as you fly over town,
xxx/ellauri407.html on line 69: Gather your favorite people (Kevin)
xxx/ellauri416.html on line 440: The political structure of Philistine society was like ancient Greece or 19th century Germany. There was no unified Philistine nation-state or even a Philistine kingdom to speak of; the Philistine people were somewhat unified by a confederacy of the five leading cities: Ashdod, Gath, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gaza. Those cities, referred to as the “Pentapolis," were first referenced in Joshua 13:3. Each of the five cities was ruled by a chieftain known as a seranim, which was probably an Indo-European word closely related to the Hittite word tarwanis and the classical Greek word tyrant. After Egypt had repelled them, the Philistines settled in the area of the modern-day Gaza Strip. So our scrappy band of survivors settled and set up a pentapolis of five interconnected cities states: Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath.
xxx/ellauri473.html on line 182: Nykyiset tutkijat ajoittavat Zarathustran elinajan tavallisesti aikaisemmaksi kuin Avestan 600 eKr, esimerkiksi 1200- tai 1000-luvulle eaa. Aikaisempaa ajoitusta on perusteltu esimerkiksi sillä, että Gathat eli Zarathustran laulamiksi sanotut hymnit eroavat muusta liturgisesta kielestä. Tekstit heijastavat paimentolaiselämää, jota on pidetty tyypillisenä Iranin tasangolle asettuneille ensimmäisille iranilaisille paimentolaisille.
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