Returning to the thirteenth century BCE, an elaborate study by the archeologist Israel Finkelstein counted 25 Israelite settlements at one given time in the hill country of eastern Canaan – settlements with a total population of perhaps 3,000 to 5,000. Settlements dated 200 years were 250 in number with a total population of 45,000 or […]
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Conquest by Hyksos and Egyptian Expansion to Ramses II
previous | next Conquest by Hyksos and Egyptian Expansion to Ramses II Eventually, like previous dynasties, the Twelfth Dynasty fell. And the Thirteenth Dynasty, at Memphis, waned across its 150 years of rule and fell with what by now was an old phenomenon: invasion by a foreign army, around the year 1650 BCE. The invaders were a […]
Abraham to David (2)
previous | next In the Land of Canaan | Israelites as Canaanites | Kings Saul and David Abraham about to sacrifice his son Isaac – human sacrifice apparently still part of the culture of his time. An angel is interfering. (Painting by Rembrandt.) In the Land of Canaan West Asia to 1200 BCE The word Hebrew has been associated with the […]