Weapons from Biblical times (specific questions)

[Radagast]

Iron age started in 800 BC if im not mistaken.

More like 1200 BC, in the Near East, I think. Later than that in Europe.

 

[W2L]

More like 1200 BC, I think.

Thank you.

 

[JackRT]

Just had a look at the Macedonian phalanx. Interesting stuff. I ended up looking at Pikes in Europe and they were also very long.

Pike (weapon) - Wikipedia

Most European Pikes had both a spear point and a hook. The hook was quite effective in dismounting a mounted knight.

 

[tulc]

I think most of us always picture people using swords back then but I suspect the most common weapon would probably have been a spear/javelin of some sort. If you're talking about the head guys they probably used something like this: Khopesh - Wikipedia
which look a lot like some of the swords from Game of Thrones:

tulc(hopes that helps)

 

[Dansiph]

I think most of us always picture people using swords back then but I suspect the most common weapon would probably have been a spear/javelin of some sort. If you're talking about the head guys they probably used something like this: Khopesh - Wikipedia
which look a lot like some of the swords from Game of Thrones:

tulc(hopes that helps)

Yes, I have included a bronze khopesh in the first mesage. I am willing to choose this design of sword but I don't find it a good looking design, effectiveness aside. I'd prefer a straight blade. I don't want a King's sword but I also don't want the lowest ranking soldier's weapon

 

[Radagast]

If you're talking about the head guys they probably used something like this: Khopesh - Wikipedia

The khopesh was Egyptian, and a very ancient design. It was used to break through thin, unreinforced wooden shields -- a kind of axe/sword hybrid.

Long before the time of David, people stopped using the khopesh (Wikipedia says it went out of use in 1300 BC).

So no, David would not have used a khopesh.

 

[Dansiph]

The khopesh was Egyptian, and a very ancient design. It was used to break through thin, unreinforced wooden shields -- a kind of axe/sword hybrid.

Long before the time of David, people stopped using the khopesh.

the reason I included a khopesh is it is based on the one which was found where Canaan was. Which would have been around the time of Moses and Joshua if I am right?

 

[Radagast]

I don't want a King's sword but I also don't want the lowest ranking soldier's weapon

So maybe this one after all: sword

 

[Radagast]

the reason I included a khopesh is it is based on the one which was found where Canaan was. Which would have been around the time of Moses and Joshua if I am right?

It seems likely that Moses would have used a khopesh.

The khopesh found in Canaan seems to date from around 1500 BC.

 

[tulc]

The khopesh was Egyptian, and a very ancient design. It was used to break through thin, unreinforced wooden shields -- a kind of axe/sword hybrid.

Long before the time of David, people stopped using the khopesh (Wikipedia says it went out of use in 1300 BC).

So no, David would not have used a khopesh.

Thanks. Guess I'm like most people, forming opinions based on movies and such.
tulc(will now raise a coffee cup to Radagast for teaching him something new!)

 

[Dansiph]

So maybe this one after all: sword

This is similar? http://www.bronze-age-swords.com/F-type-small.jpg

 

[Radagast]

This is similar? http://www.bronze-age-swords.com/F-type-small.jpg

A little.

 

[W2L]

(i took this from a website, but i dont know if its info is accurate.)


This is the type of sword Joshua must have used when when he invaded Canaan: ‘he smote with the edge of the sword’.
SWORDS in ANCIENT BIBLE WARFARE - what were they like?

 

[tulc]

I know I'm guilty (obviously from my above post) of lumping all Biblical times into the same time periods. I sometime forget there's a LONG time period between Abraham and Moses, from Moses to David and a long time between David and Jesus. All with vast developments in warfare, science and cultures. It is sort of intriguing thinking about how different the various warriors weapons and tactics would have been between say Moses and David.
tulc(may have to do some reading now)

 

[Dansiph]

(i took this from a website, but i dont know if its info is accurate.)


This is the type of sword Joshua must have used when when he invaded Canaan: ‘he smote with the edge of the sword’.
SWORDS in ANCIENT BIBLE WARFARE - what were they like?

Thanks. That is a nice dagger. I don't know about the accuracy but it "seems" accurate to me

 

[W2L]

Thanks. That is a nice dagger. I don't know about the accuracy but it "seems" accurate to me

Its actually a short sword i believe. Perhaps im mistaken.

 

[Dansiph]

Its actually a short sword i believe. Perhaps im mistaken.

I don't know. I just called it what the website called it but it could probably be classed as either a short sword or dagger I suppose

 

[Radagast]

I know I'm guilty (obviously from my above post) of lumping all Biblical times into the same time periods. I sometime forget there's a LONG time period between Abraham and Moses, from Moses to David and a long time between David and Jesus. All with vast developments in warfare, science and cultures.

It's often easy not to relate Bible history to general history of the region. The writer Dorothy L. Sayers once commented on the thrill when she realised that or Ahasuerus, a "Bible person," was the Xerxes of Persian history.

 

[Radagast]

This is the type of sword Joshua must have used when when he invaded Canaan: ‘he smote with the edge of the sword’.

Well, that wording also fits the use of a khopesh.

 

[W2L]

Well, that wording also fits the use of a khopesh.

Yes the article i quoted mentioned sickle swords as well.