Are Bible's Philistines relates to modern Palestinians?

by Aumannd

I first heard about it in the Hardcore History podcast. Is there an ethnologic relation?

keyilan

Not to discourage further answers, however this question gets answered somewhat often. You might be interested in some of the previous posts:

/u/gingerkid1234 and /u/yodatsracist both give good answers there.

Aelstan

Not really, apart from the fact that they appear to occupy the same geographical area. Historians don't know who the Philistines were as they are only referenced in the bible, however the common consensus suggests they could have come from the Aegean or Egypt. Most Palestinians however are Muslim, a religion which didn't exist until the the 6/7th Century, and as an Abrahamic faith are probably more connected to the monotheistic tribes which lived in the Arabian Peninsula, many of which were sects of Judaism or Christianity.