Talk:Gath (city)

Merge
Tell es-safi and Gath should probably be merged since Es Safi is simply the Arab period name for the Philistine city of Gath.


 * Good idea.Historicist (talk) 03:18, 6 November 2008 (UTC)Historicist


 * Since the identification of Tel es Safi as Gath of the Philistines is no longer in qdoubt, I have moved all the material formely on the Tell Es Safi page onto the Gath page.Historicist (talk) 03:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)Historicist


 * I've fixed the cut-and-paste merger. -- Avi (talk) 04:42, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Only someone forgot to merge any Palestinian Arab village details onto gath. so to correct that I've demerged.Ashley kennedy3 (talk) 23:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

(moved from talk page) Hi Sreifa! I have noticed that you proposed merging Gath into Tel as-Safi. The previous proposal was to merge Tel as-Safi into Gath instead, and I agree with that reasoning. What is the rationale for your proposal? Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 16:21, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * hi - my rationale-


 * The same rationale used by the excavation directors.
 * There are a few "Gats" mentioned in the bible, this keeps things simple.
 * I'm pretty sure that the identification has been made by "ruling out", not by definitive evidence. --Sreifa (talk) 05:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There are other Gaths, but Gath of the Philistines is the big deal Gath. And we usually give priority to te famous one, even when lesser places share the name.  The stuff Aren Maeir and hos team are finding is amazing.   And I understand that there are plans to set up an archaeological park to enable visitors to understand the dig.AMuseo (talk) 21:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge into Gath (city) and rename Gath. Gath of the Philistines was a significant place and, because it figures so largely in the Bible, it is a place people continue to be interested in.  The dig, moreover, is a major effort.   Tell se Safi is one of the world's many former inhabited places.   No one has live there for decades.   And very little that is  significant happened in this small farming village when it was inhabited.  A single article is the standard solution.AMuseo (talk) 18:56, 6 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Shouldn't be merged, because the places are in fact separate and should not be confused. Very different contexts and levels of importance. As other users have specified, Gath itself was of primary importance as a royal city, however the town of Tel es Safi itself was of little import on its own. However, should the decision to merge come about, Tel es Safi should be merged into Gath's page and not Gath into Tel es Safi's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.214.1.54 (talk) 15:15, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The coordinates need the following fixes:
 * UTM: 674388/509000

85.65.27.40 (talk) 19:40, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Please check your source. UTM 36T674388509000 lies in the Sea of Azov, near the Ukraine. BrainMarble (talk) 20:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

for examination
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/looking-for-a-wider-view-of-history-israeli-archaeologists-are-zooming-in-1.457254. Zerotalk 01:11, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Ramla
There is still no support provided for Ramla being "a prevalent view amongst other scholars today". No support means that the claim cannot be made. Zerotalk 18:04, 11 April 2014 (UTC)