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The settlement of the Land of Canaan by the Israelite tribes
is a central theme in the Bible which is immensely relevant to the Middle East
today. Moshe Weinfeld synthesizes the biblical material on this theme,
approaching his subject from three viewpoints: historical, using the Bible as a
source; literary-comparatist, comparing Patriarchal stories of settlement with
Greek and Roman foundation myths; and exegetical, explaining that in Judaism
land is a gift from God. He emphasizs the ethical weight of God's Promise of
the Land and how failure to achieve it was seen as a reflection of sin and lack
of faith, thus illustrating the importance of biblical tradition to one of the
most troubled issues of modern history.

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