Canaanites (Peoples of the Past)
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: August 17, 1998
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780714120898
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Middle & Near Eastern archaeology; Middle East
First sentence: IN MANY respects, the 'Canaanites' provide an ideal topic for a study of an ancient people - their name, after all, will be familiar to even the most casual reader of the Bible, and yet the writing of such a study presents problems which may not be immediately apparent.