Philistines (disambiguation)

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The Philistines were a people who once occupied the south-western part of Canaan.

Philistines or philistine may also refer to:

  • Residents of the region of Palestine, sometimes referred to as 'Philistines' by British writers of the 18th and very early 19th century, though the ancient Philistines were a distinct people from the Arabs later referred to as Palestinians
  • Philistine, a term for a person hostile to intellectual pursuits, such as art, science or the study of humanity. Can also describe a person who values material possessions or the accumulation of wealth above all else
  • An elite unit of the South African Defence Force
  • The Philistines (Pisemsky novel), an 1877 novel by Alexey Pisemsky
  • The Philistines, a 1901 play by Maxim Gorky
  • The Philistine, a periodical that was written, edited, and published by Elbert Hubbard

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