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    Caphtor (Hebrew: כַּפְתּוֹר‎ Kaftōr) is a locality mentioned in the Bible, in which its people are called Caphtorites or Caphtorim and are named as a...
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  • commentary on Genesis where it is identified with the locality called Caphtor in the Bible. It is mentioned by Maimonides in his commentary where he...
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    one region of Cyprus. Knapp, A. Bernard. (1985). "J Article Alashiya, Caphtor/Keftiu, and Eastern Mediterranean Trade: Recent Studies in Cypriote Archaeology...
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  • Calno Calvary Camon, "derivation uncertain" Canaan Cana Candace Capernaum Caphtor Cappadocia Carcas Careah, bald Carmel Carmi Carpus Charchemish Carshena...
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    original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2019. Strange, John (1980). Caphtor : Keftiu : a new investigation. Leiden: Brill. p. 167. ISBN 978-90-04-06256-6...
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    were used by a variety of Near Eastern cultures, and the Biblical term Caphtor has sometimes been identified with Crete. Two systems of relative chronology...
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  • invoking him have been identified. He was believed to reside in Memphis and Caphtor, which might reflect the routes through which crafts and resources traveled...
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  • in a Hittite victory. Knapp, A. Bernard. (1985). "J Article Alashiya, Caphtor/Keftiu, and Eastern Mediterranean Trade: Recent Studies in Cypriote Archaeology...
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  • dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead. While the Philistines at the...
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    p. 91. ISBN 978-1-150-17885-6. Retrieved 28 November 2010. Strange, J. Caphtor/Keftiu: A New Investigation (Leiden: Brill) 1980 Allen, Clifton J. (1970)...
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  • connected to that which concerns whether the Philistines originated from Caphtor, an ambiguous location that most modern scholars believe was probably identical...
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    Herodotus, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1928, vol.1 p.219. pwlɜsɜtj. John Strange, Caphtor/Keftiu: a new investigation, Brill, 1980 p. 159. Killebrew, Ann E. (2013)...
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    Kaptara. This is repeated later in Neo-Assyrian records and the Bible (Caphtor). It was known in ancient Egyptian as Keftiu or kftı͗w, strongly suggesting...
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    Caphutkia ancient name of Damietta in Aramaic & Jewish literature. Sheremsah Caphtor Damietta toad Domiati "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population...
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    corresponding to the later Greek form Κύπριος, Kyprios. Strange, John (1980). Caphtor : Keftiu : a new investigation. Leiden: Brill. p. 167. ISBN 978-90-04-06256-6...
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    as he brought Israel from Egypt, he also brought the Philistines from Caphtor. In the Greek this is, instead, bringing the ἀλλόφυλοι from Cappadocia...
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    spell-caster who serves various deities, primarily lives in Memphis and Caphtor Shapshu, the sun god and a mediator of messages between rival gods Several...
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    that these people were dispossessed by the Caphtorites from the island of Caphtor (modern Crete). Some scholars speculate that the Philistines were descendants...
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    The Keftiu- (Caphtor)-K-f-t-U-foreign land determinative; (defeated peoples, Ramses II Temple at Abydos....
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    Anoxia arenbergeri Anoxia asiatica Anoxia australis Anoxia baraudi Anoxia caphtor Anoxia ciliciensis Anoxia cingulata Anoxia cretica Anoxia cypria Anoxia...
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    identification comes from Genesis 10:14, which associates the Philistines with Caphtor and Casluhim, and Deuteronomy 2:23, which mentions the Caphtorim settling...
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    I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?" Tribe of Judah (The Jewish Encyclopedia) Map...
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  • series follows the events of The Rising Storm, and features Jedi Emerick Caphtor on a mission from the Jedi Order and private detective Sian Holt on a mission...
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    96 See also the history of Side (Σίδη). Wainwright, G. A. (April 1956) "Caphtor - Cappadocia" Vetus Testamentum 6(2): pp. 199–210, pages 205–206 "Que [1]...
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    I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?" Cartography of Palestine Travelogues of Palestine...
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    In Clement. Alexandr. Stromat. l. 5. p. 593. Quote: "every man (Sepher Caphtor, fol. 38. 2.) has two houses, "the house of the body" and the house of...
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    attested as a common noun in Ugaritic texts. In myths his residences are Caphtor (Crete) and Memphis. In the Baal Cycle, he creates the weapons Baal uses...
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  • millennium BCE is Kapata modern day Crete. The Bible mentions this city as "Caphtor" or "Capthor" as the country of the Philistines. In the texts of Mari,...
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    I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?"), risked at minimum expulsion and maltreatment...
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  • "Keftiu" (K-f-t-U), "foreigner-hilly-land") – possibly a reference to the Caphtors – is seen in the cartouche (oval enclosure below the figure), part of a...
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