The Sea Peoples: The Ancient Mystery That Stumped Historians For Centuries — And What Modern Science Finally Revealed About Who They Really Were
Their specific history during the Iron Age is poorly documented, however.
The Hebrew Bible preserves the most extensive Iron Age record of any of the Sea Peoples groups — the Philistines — and the nature of that record is important for understanding how memory works in historical documentation.
The Bible was written centuries after the events it describes, by scribes working in a specific theological and political context.
Its account of the Philistines reflects the perspective of the Iron Age Israelite kingdoms, for whom the Philistines were a significant military and cultural competitor.
The Bible’s portrayal of the Philistines is therefore not a neutral historical account.
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