@article {365686,
	title = {{\textquoteleft}Dagon Our God{\textquoteright}: Iron I Philistine Cult in Text and Archaeology},
	journal = {Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions},
	volume = {16},
	number = {1},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016},
	pages = {22-66},
	abstract = {Despite the late date and dubious veracity of the Deuteronomistic history, and despite the Bible{\textquoteright}s status as the only Bronze or Iron Age text which indisputably refers to Dagon in a southern Canaanite geographical context, scholars have traditionally accepted 1 Samuel 5:1{\textendash}8{\textquoteright}s portrayal of Philistine cult in the Iron Age I as being centered on this deity and his temple at Ashdod. This study marshals archaeological and historical evidence to assess the level of support for the presence of Dagon in Iron I Philistia, and for a temple at Ashdod\&nbsp; as described in the biblical account. Also considered, through comparison with the materially analogous situation in the Bronze Age Aegean, is the critical role that a textual complement to physical evidence (or, in the case of the Philistines, the lack thereof) plays in cultic analysis and pantheonic reconstruction.},
	url = {https://www.academia.edu/24952497/_Dagon_Our_God_Iron_I_Philistine_Cult_in_Text_and_Archaeology},
	author = {Jeffrey P. Emanuel}
}
