The Philistines (z, z, z, or z; פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Plištim) were a people described in the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew term `pelistim` occurs 286 times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew bible (of which 152 times in Samuel 1), whereas in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible, the equivalent term phylistiim occurs only 12 times..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistines
(from the article `Performing Arts`) ...production of Bernard Shaw`s Saint Joan (starring Anne-Marie Duff) brought up timely religious and political arguments. Howard Davies`s superb ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/57