Scholars connect the name Canaan with, Kana ' an, the general Northwest Semitic name for this region.

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Between Lebanon and Syria, Canaan was bordered to the North by Hazor, Aram and Kadesh, which all included the lands of the Semitic Amorites.

An alternative suggestion derives the term from Hurrian Kinahhu, purportedly referring to the colour purple, so that Canaan and Phoenicia would be synonyms (" Land of Purple "), but it is just as common to assume that Kinahhu was simply the Hurrian rendition of the Semitic.

Certain scholars of the Semitic Eblaite material ( dated 2350 BC ) from the archive of Tell Mardikh see the oldest reference to Canaanites in the ethnic name ga-na-na which provides a third millennium reference to the name Canaan.

The Philistines, while an integral part of the Canaanite milieu, do not seem to have been ethnically homogenous with the Canaanites ; the Hurrians ( who spoke a language isolate ), Hittites ( Indo-European speakers ), as well as the Semitic Aramaeans, Moabites, and Ammonites, are also considered " distinct " from generic Canaanites / Amorites, in scholarship or in tradition ( although in the Biblical Book of Nations, " Heth ", Hittites are a son of Canaan, despite the fact that it has been proven beyond doubt that the Hittites spoke an Indo-European language ).

There is uncertainty about whether the name Canaan refers to a specific Semitic ethnic group wherever they live, the homeland of this ethnic group, or a region under the control of this ethnic group, or perhaps any of the three.

Egyptian power in Canaan thus suffered a major setback when the Hittites ( or Hatti ) advanced into Syria in the reign of Amenhotep III, and became even more threatening in that of his successor, displacing the Amorites and prompting a resumption of Semitic migration.

The Israelites (, Standard: ; Tiberian: ; ISO 259-3: ) were a Semitic Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East, who inhabited part of the Land of Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods ( 15th to 6th centuries BCE ), later evolving into Jews and Samaritans of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, inhabiting the territories of Judea and Galilee, and Samaria respectively, though a Jewish diaspora had already developed outside of Judea and Galilee.

There are sporadic attestations of very short Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions in Canaan in the late Middle and Late Bronze Age, but the script was not widely used until the rise of new Semitic kingdoms in the 13th and 12th centuries BC.

This expression begins to appear as early as the late Old Kingdom in Egypt, referring to various Nubian chieftains, and as early as the Middle Kingdom, referring to the Semitic chieftains of Syria and Canaan.

Kamose, the last king of the Theban 17th Dynasty, refers to Apophis as a " Chieftain of Retjenu ( i. e., Canaan )" in a stela that implies a Semitic Canaanite background for this Hyksos king: this is the strongest evidence for a Canaanite background for the Hyksos.

The Canaanite languages are a subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians.

Biblical Hebrew (), also called Classical Hebrew (), is the archaic form of the Hebrew language, a Canaanite Semitic language spoken in the area known as Canaan between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

In the Arab world the theory espoused in Koestler's book was adopted by persons who argued that if Ashkenazi Jews are primarily Khazar and not Semitic in origin, they would have no historical claim to Israel, nor would they be the subject of the Biblical promise of Canaan to the Israelites, thus undermining the theological basis of both Jewish religious Zionists and Christian Zionists.

The book is structured in two roughly equal parts, the story of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan and the destruction of their enemies, followed by the division of the conquered land among the twelve tribes ; the two parts are framed by set-piece speeches by God and Joshua commanding the conquest and at the end warning of the need for faithful obedience of the Law ( torah ) revealed to Moses.

Hanover borders the towns of Lyme, Canaan, and Enfield, New Hampshire ; Norwich, Vermont ; and the city of Lebanon, New Hampshire.

In contrast to Abraham — who illuminates the world with knowledge of God and earns the respect of the inhabitants of the land of Canaan — and Isaac — who continues his father's teachings and also lives in relative harmony with his neighbors — Jacob experiences many personal struggles both in the land and out of it-including the hatred of his brother, Esau ; the deception of his father-in-law, Laban ; the rape of his daughter, Dinah ; the death of his favorite wife, Rachel ; and the sale of his son, Joseph.

Muslim scholars have also linked both prophets through the fact that both prophets made at least one important journey in their lives ; just as Jacob migrated from Canaan to Egypt, Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina.

Archaeologists and historians see more continuity than discontinuity between these highland settlements and the preceding Late Bronze Canaanite culture ; certain features such as ceramic repertoire and agrarian settlement plans have been said to be distinctives of highland sites, and collar-rimmed jars and four-roomed houses have been said to be intrinsically " Israelite ," but have also been said to belong to a commonly shared culture throughout Iron I Canaan.

A fuller account would explain what exactly Ham “ had done to ” his father ; or why Noah directed a curse at Canaan for Ham ’ s misdeed ; or how Noah came to know what occurred.

The books can be broadly divided into the Pentateuch, which tells how God selected Israel to be his chosen people ; the history books telling the history of the Israelites from their conquest of Canaan to their defeat and exile in Babylon ; the poetic and " wisdom " books dealing, in various forms, with questions of good and evil in the world ; and the books of the biblical prophets, warning of the consequences of turning away from God.

The Philistines (,,, or ;, Plištim ), Pleshet or Peleset, were a people who as part of the Sea peoples appeared in the southern coastal area of Canaan at the beginning of the Iron Age ( circa 1175 BC ), most probably from the Aegean region.

* 1475 BC: Thutmose III conquers Canaan ; beginning of Egyptian domination of southern Canaanite plain.

In the first, dated to the reign of Ramses III, they were limited to the coastal plain, the region of the Five Cities ; in the second, dated to the collapse of Egyptian hegemony in southern Canaan, their influence spread inland beyond the coast.

" Egyptian strongholds in Canaan are also mentioned, including a temple dedicated to Amun, which some scholars place in Gaza ; however, the lack of detail indicating the precise location of these strongholds means that it is unknown what impact these had, if any, on Philistine settlement along the coast.

The Babylonians, like their predecessors, engaged in regular trade with the Amorite and Canaanite city-states to the west ; with Babylonian officials or troops sometimes passing to the Levant and Canaan, with Amorite merchants operating freely throughout Mesopotamia.

Canaan is historically attested throughout the 4th millennium BC ; the later Amarna Letters use, while sources of the Egyptian New Kingdom mention numerous military campaigns conducted in.

A few Hittite centres remained in northern Syria, along with some Phoenician ports in Canaan that escaped destruction and developed into great commercial powers.

** Sidon, firstborn son of Canaan, and name one of the oldest city-states on the Phoenician coast.

**" the Arvadite ", offspring of Canaan, refers to the Phoenician city-state of Arwad, now ; inhabited island in Syria.

**" the Zemarite ", offspring of Canaan, refers to the Phoenician city-state of Zemar.

Historical examples include the oldest known Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia and Ur, the Phoenician cities of Canaan ( such as Tyre and Sidon ), the Berber city-states of the Garamantes, the city-states of ancient Greece ( the poleis such as Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Corinth ), the Roman Republic which grew from a city-state into a great power, the Maya of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica ( including sites such as Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque and El Mirador ), the central Asian cities along the Silk Road, Venice, Croatian city-state of Ragusa ( Dubrovnik ) and many others.

Commercial colonisation activity in the region changed dramatically in the 6th century BC when the Carthaginians achieved dominance of the western Mediterranean after the fall of the Phoenician city-states of Canaan to the Persian empire.

In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan.

Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired leaders whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as champions for the Israelites from oppression by foreign rulers, and models of wise and faithful behaviour required of them by their god Yahweh following the exodus from Egypt and conquest of Canaan.

It is based on a Drash interpretation of the Biblical verse " Do not follow the ways of Egypt where you once lived, nor of Canaan, where I will be bringing you.

The Biblical narrative makes a point of the renaming of the " Land of Canaan " to the " Land of Israel " as marking the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land.

In the centuries preceding the appearance of the Biblical Hebrews, parts of Canaan and south western Syria became tributary to the Egyptian Pharaohs, although domination by the Egyptians was sporadic, and not strong enough to prevent frequent local rebellions and inter-city struggles.

Though from the point of view of an increasing majority of archaeologists, there were always two distinct cultures in Canaan, a strong and prosperous northern kingdom and a weaker and poorer southern one, in the Biblical account the Israelite tribes were initially united in a single kingdom, and only later fractured into the northern and southern kingdoms ; this fracture is blamed by the Bible on the jealousy of Ephraim over the growing power of Judah.

Biblical Haran was where Terah, his son Abram ( Abraham ), his grandson Lot, and Abram's wife Sarai settled while in route to Canaan, coming from Ur of the Chaldees ( Genesis 11: 26 – 32 ).

* Canaan and Canaanite people, a historical / Biblical region and people in the area of the present-day Gaza Strip, Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon.

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According to Biblical texts, the laws given to Moses by God expressly forbade the Israelites to do what was done in Egypt or in Canaan.

( Messenger and Advocate 1: 82 ) This black wife, according to Phelps, was not just a descendant of Cain, but one of the pre-flood " people of Canaan ", not directly related to the Biblical Canaanites after the flood.

A prolific author, his major works include Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan, The Archaeology of Palestine: From the Stone Age to Christianity, and The Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra.

Based on the Biblical account, Uriah was probably of the ethnic Hittite minority resident in Israel that had lived in and around the region, " the Land of Canaan ", since before the time of Abraham.

In the Biblical account, Joseph was the brother to Benjamin, the other son of Rachel and Jacob, and the eponym of the Tribe of Benjamin, which was located on the immediate south of the tribe of Joseph ; the birth of Benjamin does not appear in the passage in which the births of the other sons of Jacob occur, but instead appears elsewhere, with Benjamin being born only once Jacob had returned to Canaan.

However, Biblical scholars believe this to actually be a description of the tribe of Naphtali, particularly since some textual scholars regard the Blessing of Jacob as having been written long after the tribe settled permanently in Canaan.

Cush ( also Kush, Biblical ) was, according to the Bible, the eldest son of Ham, brother of Mizraim ( Egypt ), Canaan and the father of the Biblical characters Nimrod, and Raamah, mentioned in the " Table of Nations " in the Genesis 10: 6 and I Chronicles 1: 8.

These French refugees are said to have named their new residence in reference to the Biblical description of the Israelites in the country of Moab, where they stayed before being allowed to enter Canaan.

Given the casual tone in which the Hittites are mentioned in most Old Testament references, Biblical scholars before the age of archaeology traditionally regarded them as a smaller tribe, living in the hills of Canaan during the era of the Patriarchs, including Abraham.

According to the Biblical narrative it had been the southern boundary of Bashan until the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites ( Josh.

If et-Tell is indeed Ai, this poses a problem for defenders of the literal historicity of the Biblical accounts concerning the origin of ancient Israel ; the reason for this is that traditional dating schemes place the Exodus from Egypt in 1440 BC and Joshua's conquest of Canaan around 1400 BC, a time at which the archaeological evidence shows Ai to have been completely unoccupied, as it had been for almost 1000 years.

* Eglon, Canaan, a Biblical city