The biblical tradition for the plague of the Philistines
This paper considers I Samuel 5 and its account of the disease which struck the Philistines. It will review the scholarship which regards the disease as an outbreak of bubonic plague and will argue against any attempt to associate the symptoms described in the Hebrew text with any particular illness...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Oriental Society
[Apr. - Jun., 1984]
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| In: |
Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Further subjects: | B
Ark of the Covenant
B Philistines |
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| Summary: | This paper considers I Samuel 5 and its account of the disease which struck the Philistines. It will review the scholarship which regards the disease as an outbreak of bubonic plague and will argue against any attempt to associate the symptoms described in the Hebrew text with any particular illness. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/602172 |