The Canaanites

Author : Mary Ellen Buck
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498243247

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The Canaanites by Mary Ellen Buck Pdf

The term Canaanite will be familiar to anyone who has even the most casual familiarity with the Bible. Outside of the terminology for Israel itself, the Canaanites are the most common ethnic group found in the Bible. They are positioned as the foil of the nation of Israel, and the land of Canaan is depicted as the promised allotment of Abraham and his descendants. The terms Canaan and Canaanites are even evoked in modern political discourse, indicating that their importance extends into the present. With such prominent positioning, it is important to gain a more complete and historically accurate perspective of the Canaanites, their land, history, and rich cultural heritage. So, who were the Canaanites? Where did they live, what did they believe, what do we know about their culture and history, and why do they feature so prominently in the biblical narratives? In this volume, Mary Buck uses original textual and archaeological evidence to answer to these questions. The book follows the history of the Canaanites from their humble origins in the third millennium BCE to the rise of their massive fortified city-states of the Bronze Age, through until their disappearance from the pages of history in the Roman period, only to find their legacy in the politics of the modern Middle East.

Author : Jonathan N. Tubb
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 080613108X

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Canaanites by Jonathan N. Tubb Pdf

Canaanites explores the ancient population of the Western Levant (Israel, Transjordan, Lebanon, and coastal Syria), examining the development of its distinctive culture from the early farming communities of the eighth millennium B.C. to the fragmentation of its social and cultural ideals in the latter half of the first millennium B.C. Jonathan N. Tubb makes judicious use of the Hebrew Bible in describing Canaanite culture. He views the Bible as a rich resource for understanding the literary and theological heritage of Israel, which he classifies as a subculture of Canaan. At the same time he reveals the limitations of the Bible as a historical document, arguing that to reconstruct the Canaanites' history we must first look at the archaeological data. Tubb stresses the continuity of Canaanite civilization, portraying events such as the imposition of Egyptian imperial rule and the development of historical Israel as episodic interruptions.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433501159

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Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig Pdf

This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Author : Mary Ellen Buck
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532618048

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The Canaanites by Mary Ellen Buck Pdf

The term Canaanite will be familiar to anyone who has even the most casual familiarity with the Bible. Outside of the terminology for Israel itself, the Canaanites are the most common ethnic group found in the Bible. They are positioned as the foil of the nation of Israel, and the land of Canaan is depicted as the promised allotment of Abraham and his descendants. The terms Canaan and Canaanites are even evoked in modern political discourse, indicating that their importance extends into the present. With such prominent positioning, it is important to gain a more complete and historically accurate perspective of the Canaanites, their land, history, and rich cultural heritage. So, who were the Canaanites? Where did they live, what did they believe, what do we know about their culture and history, and why do they feature so prominently in the biblical narratives? In this volume, Mary Buck uses original textual and archaeological evidence to answer to these questions. The book follows the history of the Canaanites from their humble origins in the third millennium BCE to the rise of their massive fortified city-states of the Bronze Age, through until their disappearance from the pages of history in the Roman period, only to find their legacy in the politics of the modern Middle East.

Author : Katell Berthelot,Joseph E. David,Marc Hirshman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199959822

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The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought by Katell Berthelot,Joseph E. David,Marc Hirshman Pdf

A compelling analysis of Jewish thought from ancient times to the present on the issue of the gift of the land of Israel and the fate of the Canaanites.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1753
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024592825

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Remarks on the conduct of Joshua towards the Canaanites by Anonim Pdf

Author : Randal Rauser
Publisher : 2 Cup Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1775046249

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Jesus Loves Canaanites by Randal Rauser Pdf

And who is my neighbor? Christians confess the Bible as the Good Book, the perfect guide for becoming loving and holy, just like Jesus. And yet, that same book describes God commanding the Israelites to kill every Canaanite living in the Promised Land. How are we to understand the Bible as the Good Book when it depicts God commanding actions like genocide? How are we to reconcile this narrative with the God revealed in Jesus Christ, the God who taught us to love our enemies?In this bold new book, Randal Rauser defends a novel approach to the Canaanite genocide, one that remains faithful to our deepest moral intuitions even as it is guided by the conviction that Jesus calls us to love all our neighbors. And the Canaanite is our neighbor.

Author : Katell Berthelot,Joseph E. David,Marc Hirshman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199959815

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The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought by Katell Berthelot,Joseph E. David,Marc Hirshman Pdf

This volume of essays presents a compelling and comprehensive analysis of the intriguing issue of the gift of the land of Israel and the fate of the Canaanites as presented in diverse biblical sources. Jewish thought has long grappled with the moral and theological implications and challenges of this issue. Innovative interpretive strategies and philosophical reflections were offered, modified, and sometimes rejected over the centuries. Leading contemporary scholars follow these threads of interpretation offered by Jewish thinkersfrom antiquity to modern times.

Author : C. S. Cowles,Eugene H. Merrill,Daniel L. Gard,Tremper Longman III
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310873761

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Show Them No Mercy by C. S. Cowles,Eugene H. Merrill,Daniel L. Gard,Tremper Longman III Pdf

Did God condone genocide in the Old Testament? How do Christians harmonize the warrior God of Israel with the God of love incarnate in Jesus? Christians are often shocked to read that Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, commanded the total destruction--all men, women, and children--of the ethnic group known as the Canaanites. This seems to contradict Jesus' command in the New Testament to love your enemies and do good to all people. How can Yahweh be the same God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ? What does genocide in the Bible have to do with the politics of the 21st century? Show Them No Mercy explores the Old Testament command of God to exterminate the Canaanite population and what that implies about continuity between the Old and New Testaments. The four views presented are: Strong Discontinuity – emphasizes the strong tension, regarding violence, between the two main texts of the Bible (C.S. Cowles) Moderate Discontinuity – provides a justification of God’s actions in the Old Testament with strong emphasis on exegesis (Eugene H. Merrill) Eschatological Continuity – a reading of the warfare narratives that ties them contextually to the book of Revelation and the Second Coming (Daniel L. Gard) Spiritual Continuity – incorporates the genocidal account into the full picture of the Old and New Testaments (Tremper Longman III) The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.

Author : Arie Versluis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004341319

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The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7 by Arie Versluis Pdf

In The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7, Arie Versluis analyzes the content and background of the Old Testament command to exterminate the nations of Canaan and discusses the moral and theological questions it evokes.

Author : Niels Peter Lemche
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567451118

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The Canaanites and Their Land by Niels Peter Lemche Pdf

It is an interesting consequence of the new reconstructions of the early history of Israel that the Israelites must originally have been Canaanites. Nevertheless, an outspoken hatred against Canaanites permeates the Old Testament. Lemche presents a new way of explaining the anti-Canaanite sentiments of the Old Testament historians, while at the same time disclosing some of the aims and ideas which governed Old Testament history writing.

Author : Ann E. Killebrew
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589836778

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Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity by Ann E. Killebrew Pdf

Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel’s very proximity to these groups has made it difficult—until now—to distinguish the archaeological traces of early Israel and other contemporary groups. Through an analysis of the results from recent excavations in light of relevant historical and later biblical texts, this book proposes that it is possible to identify these peoples and trace culturally or ethnically defined boundaries in the archaeological record. Features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in their historical and biblical contexts in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of these four peoples. Of particular value to scholars, archaeologists, and historians, this volume will also be a standard reference and resource for students and other readers interested in the emergence of early Israel.

Author : John H. Walton,J. Harvey Walton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830890071

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The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest by John H. Walton,J. Harvey Walton Pdf

Biblical Foundations Award Winner Holy warfare is the festering wound on the conscience of Bible-believing Christians. Of all the problems the Old Testament poses for our modern age, this is the one we want to avoid in mixed company. But do the so-called holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? Did Israel slaughter Canaanites at God's command? Were they enforcing divine retribution on an unholy people? These texts shock. And we turn the page. But have we rightly understood them? In The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest, John Walton and J. Harvey Walton take us on an archaeological dig, excavating the layers of translation and interpretation that over time have encrusted these texts and our perceptions. What happens when we take new approaches, frame new questions? When we weigh again their language and rhetoric? Were the Canaanites punished for sinning against the covenanting God? Does the Hebrew word herem mean "devote to destruction"? How are the Canaanites portrayed and why? And what happens when we backlight these texts with their ancient context? The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest keenly recalibrates our perception and reframes our questions. While not attempting to provide all the answers, it offers surprising new insights and clears the ground for further understanding. The books in the Lost World Series follow the pattern set by Bible scholar John H. Walton, bringing a fresh, close reading of the Hebrew text and knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literature to an accessible discussion of the biblical topic at hand using a series of logic-based propositions.

Author : Conrad E. L'Heureux
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004386839

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Rank among the Canaanite Gods by Conrad E. L'Heureux Pdf

Author : Nadav Na'aman,Nadav Naʼaman
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575061139

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Canaan in the Second Millennium B.C.E. by Nadav Na'aman,Nadav Naʼaman Pdf

Throughout the past three decades, Nadav Na'aman has repeatedly proved that he is one of the most careful historians of ancient Canaan and Israel. With broad expertise, he has brought together archaeology, text, and the inscriptional material from all of the ancient Near East to bear on the history of ancient Israel and the land of Canaan during the second and first millenniums B.C.E. Many of his studies have been published as journal articles or notes and yet, together, they constitute one of the most important bodies of literature on the subject in recent years, particularly because of the careful attention to methodology that Na'aman always has brought to his work. Collected here are 23 essays on the Hurrians, the Egyptians and their presence in the Levant during the second millennium B.C.E., Canaanite city-states, the Amarna Letters, and the neighbors of Canaan in the north, such as Alalakh and Damascus. The essays range over such topics as scribes and language, archaeology, cultural influences, and the interrelations of the great powers during this period. The volume includes indexes of ancient personal names, place-names, and biblical references.