Were the Philistines really Philistines?

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David challenges Goliath … were the Philistines really such a rough lot? Picture: Mary Evans Picture
David challenges Goliath … were the Philistines really such a rough lot? Picture: Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy Photograph: Mary Evans Picture Library / Ala/Alamy

Were the Philistines really Philistines, in the derogatory sense we use the term today?

Martin Jones, Birmingham

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