https://aabner.org/ojs/index.php/beabs/issue/feedAdvances in Ancient, Biblical, and Near Eastern Research2024-04-23T07:47:52+02:00AABNER editors-in-chiefaabneresearch@gmail.comOpen Journal Systems<p>The journal is the first open-access and forum-peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of biblical studies and cognate fields in its diversity, and it is committed to the principles of the EABS in terms of equal opportunity, non-discrimination, and academic rigor. This journal innovates the way humanities scholarship is published, by utilizing an open peer-review system known as "forum review." In this system all reviewers' comments are visible to all other reviewers. This system enables AABNER to maintain rigor while encouraging innovative approaches and keeping review time to a minimum. </p> <p>The aim of the journal is to provide a high-quality and innovative venue for the open access dissemination of biblical and cognate scholarship from Europe and around the world. The journal will encompass all fields touching on and relevant for the study of both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, early Jewish and Christian studies, from ancient times to reception in the present, as represented by the remit of the EABS. Thus, studies involving the Near East and Mediterranean worlds in their own right also fall within this scope.</p> <p>The broad scope of the journal will enable it to function as the premier disciplinary journal, much like the functions of <em>Nature</em>, <em>History</em>, and <em>Communication</em> in their respective fields. Moreover, the journal will seek to avoid methodological stagnation and disciplinary isolation through its deliberate commitment to plurality within its scope.</p>https://aabner.org/ojs/index.php/beabs/article/view/1098We (And) the Philistines2024-04-23T07:47:52+02:00Raz Kletterkletterr@gmail.com<p class="p1">In 1998, Neil Silberman showed how early scholarly portrayals of the Philistines reflected the values of the Victorians. The Philistines were presented by the Victorians either as good colonialists who brought an enlightened Indo-European civilization to the East, or as barbaric destroyers who ruined the supposedly decadent Canaanite culture. The time has come to reflect on more recent images of the Philistines. In the 1970–1980s, they went through a great transformation from a Bible-centered model or image of cruel invaders and enemies to that of an advanced, cultural people. Several other images have appeared since, competing for hegemony. I review them here, focusing especially on the most recent image of them as “merry pirates,” which has not yet been studied critically. My aim here is not to support any particular “image” of the Philistines but to study these scholarly constructions and their relations to our time. Based on the results, it seems that the future of the Philistines may be as unpredictable as their past.</p>2024-04-08T00:00:00+02:00##submission.copyrightStatement##