Some Observations on the Name of Palestine

When Herodotus in the fifth century B.C.E. mentions Palestine he refers only to the coastal area, so called because it had been inhabited by the Philistines; or he is speaking loosely, since the only part of the area that he had visited was apparently along the coast. During the Persian and Ptolemai...

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Main Author: Feldman, Louis H. 1926-2017 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: College 1990
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 61, Pages: 1-23
RelBib Classification:TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Regional studies

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