Caphtor

But the name Caphtor is more probably identified with the

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

For Am 9: 7 informs us that the Philistines hail from Caphtor, that is to say, from the island of Crete.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

John Strange in Caphtor/Keftiu: A new investigation, p.21 shows Minoan citynames written out in Egyptian as they were known during the reign of Amenhotep III in the 14th century BCE.

Minoan citynames with an Egyptian accent 2009

On page 844 of Bromiley's The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1988), an intriguing and researched summary of the true name for the land of the Minoans is to be discovered:In an Ugaritic text concerning the abode of Kothar-wa-Ḫasis, the god of artisans, the word kptr occurs: kptr ksu ṯbth ḥkpt arṣ nḥlth, 'Caphtor is the throne of his sitting, Ḥkpt the land of his inheritance' (UT, `nt VI:14-16).

A thought on the real name for the land of the Minoans 2009

On page 844 of Bromiley's The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1988), an intriguing and researched summary of the true name for the land of the Minoans is to be discovered:In an Ugaritic text concerning the abode of Kothar-wa-Ḫasis, the god of artisans, the word kptr occurs: kptr ksu ṯbth ḥkpt arṣ nḥlth, 'Caphtor is the throne of his sitting, Ḥkpt the land of his inheritance' (UT, `nt VI:14-16).

Archive 2009-09-01 2009

John Strange in Caphtor/Keftiu: A new investigation, p.21 shows Minoan citynames written out in Egyptian as they were known during the reign of Amenhotep III in the 14th century BCE.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.

Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006