Greater Canaan: The Implications of a Correct Reading of EA 151:49-67
In his response to the thesis by this author that the ancient Canaanites according to their own reckoning never constituted an ethnos in the usual sense of the word, i. e., with an awareness of being one and a single ethnic group distinct from other ethnic groups, although sometimes described as suc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1998, Volume: 310, Pages: 19-24 |
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| Summary: | In his response to the thesis by this author that the ancient Canaanites according to their own reckoning never constituted an ethnos in the usual sense of the word, i. e., with an awareness of being one and a single ethnic group distinct from other ethnic groups, although sometimes described as such by foreigners, A. F. Rainey presents a reading of EA 151:50-51, according to which Abimilku of Tyre is reporting, not "news from Canaan," but "news heard in Canaan." He introduces abundant documentation to prove his case but disregards the closest parallel to this passage, EA 147:66-69, which obviously with an almost identical vocabulary talks about "news from Egypt." This parallel, as well as other considerations, makes his rendition of the passage in EA 151:50-51 questionable. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357574 |