Various Applications of the Term.
The expressions "Canaan" and "Canaanite" (
The same double use of the word is found elsewhere. Thus, on Phenician coins the word
In all probability the limited application of the word to the Mediterranean coast is the original, narrower use of the word found in so many inscriptions pointing in that direction. The designation was afterward applied to the inhabitants of the interior, either because the coast population was originally best known, or because they actually occupied a great portion of the mountainous district also.
Bibliography:
- Moore, in Proceedings of Am. Oriental Soc. 1890, et seq.;
- Zimmern, in Zeit. Deutsch. Paläst.-Ver. 13:138;
- W. Max Müller, Asien und Europa, pp. 205 et seq.
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