The Philistines have been described as probably the biggest villains of the Hebrew Bible. Likely originating in Crete, they arrived in Canaan—modern-day Southern Levant—in the 12th century BCE ...

We find this with King David. The children of Israel were fighting the Philistines, led by Goliath who arrogantly blasphemed ...

Donatello’s smaller, bronze sculpture of the Biblical hero David inspired Michelangelo’s marble giant. What’s the deal with ...

Consequently, the identity of these so-called “Palestinians” is of great importance. Thus, the question” Who Were the Philistines, and Where Did They come from? The very name adopted by Israel’s Arab ...

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Hollywood Is Doomed If There’s No Room for MegalopolisesFrancis Ford Coppola self-financed a movie the industry’s bean-counters don’t want. It’s not surprising, but it is depressing.

Sometimes we feel we are standing alone to face problems, pressures and spiritual giants with no adequate answers. A Christian is not immune to adversity. We are never told that ...

I trust I won’t be mistaken for the sort of boob who attacks ambiguity or complexity”—and it’s true that her disdain for the ...

Responses to John McWhorter’s lament that their ubiquity has rendered them meaningless. Also: China and climate; kids’ reactions to news; debate conditions.