Original sentence: The classical Jewish view, as explained by Schweid, is that Canaan is the geographical name, and Israel the spiritual name of the same land: The uniqueness of the Land of Israel is thus "geo-theological" and not merely climatic.The name Land of Canaan is frequently used in the Bible for the same region, and seems interchangeable with Land of Israel, as e.This is the key to the land's unique status with regard to prophecy and prayer, and also with regard to the commandments.This is the land which faces the entrance of the spiritual world, that sphere of existence that lies beyond the physical world known to us through our senses.Thus, the re-naming of this land marks a change in religious status, the origin of the Holy Land concept.in Genesis 17:8