The Land of Canaan - Jewish Virtual Library
The Land of Canaan (Heb. אֶרֶץ]כְּנַעַן ,כְּנָעַן]]), was promised to the Israelites by God (e.g., Gen. 17:8; Ex. 6:4). The name Canaan first appears in documents from the 15 th century B.C.E. and was variously written: Akkadian: Kinani ( m ), Kinaḫḫu / i , etc.; Egyptian: Kn ʿ n·w and P - kn ʿ n ; Ugaritic: Kn ʿ ny ...
Canaan - Wikipedia
The English term "Canaan" (pronounced / ˈ k eɪ n ən / since c. 1500, due to the Great Vowel Shift) comes from the Hebrew כנען (Kənaʿan), via the Koine Greek Χανααν Khanaan and the Latin Canaan.
Canaan | Definition, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
The Israelites occupied and conquered Palestine, or Canaan, beginning in the late 2nd millennium bce, or perhaps earlier; and the Bible justifies such occupation by identifying Canaan with the Promised Land, the land promised to the Israelites by God.
Canaanite religion - Wikipedia
Canaanite religion was a group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE. Canaanite religion was polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic.
The Occupation of Canaan (1250-1050 BCE) - Jewish Virtual Library
These people, the Canaanites, were a Semitic people speaking a language remarkably close to Hebrew. They were farmers, some were nomads, but they were also civilized. They used the great Mesopotamian cities as their model and had built modest imitations of them.
Conquering Canaan | My Jewish Learning
The people of Israel, assembled on the eastern banks of the Jordan, were ready to cross the river and conquer the land of Canaan. Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ successor, first sent spies and, encouraged by their report about the fear of the Canaanites, immediately decided to attack Jericho, the strongest town in the area.
Ancient Jewish History: The Canaanites - Jewish Virtual Library
Canaan is the ancient name for the land of Israel. The Torah gave Abraham the land of Canaan, which in some cases stretched from southern Syria to the Eastern Sinai and, in other Torah references, was only a small strip hugging the Mediterranean.
Canaan (son of Ham) - Wikipedia
Canaan (Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן – Kənā́ʿan), according to the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, was a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, as well as the father of the Canaanites.
Land and Time - Canaan & Ancient Israel @ University of ... - Penn
To the authors of the Bible, Canaan is the land which the tribes of Israel conquered after an Exodus from Egypt and the Canaanites are the people they disposed from this land. The Old Testament of the Bible (also known as Tanak) is principally concerned with the religious history of Israel in Canaan.
Canaanites - Biblical Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
2016年3月31日 · The Canaanites are best known from the biblical accounts that portray them as a hostile, pre-Israelite indigenous population residing in the “promised land” who were conquered by the tribes of Israel under the leadership of Joshua following their Exodus from Egypt.