RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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The Sacred Land
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The Special Land
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The Great Land
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The Promised Land
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout time, many names have been given to this area including Palestine, Eretz-Israel, Bilad es-Shem, the Holy Land and Djahy. The earliest known name for this area was “Canaan."
Detailed explanation-2: -The name “Canaan” appears throughout the Bible as a geography associated with the “Promised Land". The demonym “Canaanites” serves as an ethnic catch-all term covering various indigenous populations-both settled and nomadic-pastoral groups-throughout the regions of the southern Levant or Canaan.
Detailed explanation-3: -This land that God promised to Abraham all the way back in Genesis is not simply a geographical backdrop-it acts as a picture of covenant faithfulness as God’s people try (and often fail) to live out their divine calling.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. : the land that was given to Abraham and his descendants according to the promise God made in the Bible. 2. or the promised land : a happy place or condition that someone wants to reach : a place where dreams or hopes can come true.