Did Captured Ark Afflict Philistines with E.D.?
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Footnotes
See Israel Finkelstein, “Shiloh Yields Some, but Not All, of Its Secrets,” BAR, January/February 1986; Moshe Kochavi, with Aaron Demsky, “An Israelite Village from the Days of the Judges,” BAR, September/October 1978.
For BAR articles on Ashkelon, see Patricia Smith and Lawrence E. Stager, “DNA Analysis Sheds New Light on Oldest Profession at Ashkelon,” BAR, July/August 1997; Lawrence E. Stager, “The Fury of Babylon: Ashkelon and the Archaeology of Destruction,” BAR, January/February 1996; Lawrence E. Stager, “Eroticism and Infanticide at Ashkelon,” BAR, July/August 1991; Lawrence E. Stager, “Why Were Hundreds of Dogs Buried at Ashkelon?” BAR, May/June 1991; Lawrence E. Stager, “When Canaanites and Philistines Ruled Ashkelon,” BAR, March/April 1991.
See Carl S. Ehrlich and Aren M. Maeir, “Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown?” BAR, November/December 2001.
Endnotes
In addition to the passages in the so-called Ark Narrative referred to above, the word also appears in Deuteronomy 28:27, but, again, is read aloud differently.
A. M. Maeir, “The Historical Background and Dating of Amos VI 2: An Archaeological Perspective from Tell es-Safi/Gath.” Vetus Testamentum54/3 (2004), pp. 319–34.
For more information about digging at Tell es-Safi/Gath, see “Digs 2008,” BAR, January/February 2008, or visit www.findadig.com and www.dig-gath.org.