As the medieval commentator Ibn Ezra reminds us, who were the Canaanites? They were the nation that Israel had to conquer in order to possess the land. They had to subjugate them. Not enslave them.

Ancient Palestine was occupied by several different nations throughout its history. What do we know about them?

By celebrating Shavuot, we celebrate our connection to the land and our ability to make the desert bloom. It is our Garden of ...

Founded by the Phoenicians [=Canaanites] in the ninth century BCE ... they were not entitled to the land and owed debts and servitude. Unable to respond to Geviha’s argument, the Africans ...

That Promised Land, flowing with milk and honey, was also filled with Canaanite cities that didn’t take the Israelite invasion lying down. And while the Israelites did manage to conquer a number ...

The Canaanites occupied the Levant, sometimes known as Syria-Palestine, during the Bronze Age (c. 3300-1200 BCE). They developed all the hallmarks of an advanced culture, including art ...

The Long Tradition of Debt Cancellation in Mesopotamia and Egypt from 3000 to 1000 BC Debt cancellation in the land of Canaan in the first millennium BC Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the ...

Until recently, no meaningful Canaanite inscriptions had been discovered in the Land of Israel, save only two or three words here and there. Now an amazing discovery presents an entire sentence in ...