# The Philistine Controversy

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- Book: [The Philistine Controversy](https://www.bookquiver.com/dave-beech/the-philistine-controversy) ([The Philistine Controversy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dave-beech/the-philistine-controversy.md))
- Authors: [Dave Beech](https://www.bookquiver.com/dave-beech), [John Roberts](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-roberts), [Jay Bernstein](https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-bernstein), [Andrew Bowie](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-bowie), [Malcolm Bull](https://www.bookquiver.com/malcolm-bull)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-5984-374-1
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2002-06-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this fascinating study, Dave Beech and John Roberts develop what they call a ‘counter-intuitive’ notion of the philistine, claiming that what the philistine tells us about cultural division...