The History Of The Canaanite Pantheon

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The History Of The Canaanite Pantheon

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The name Canaanites denotes the inhabitants of the land of Canaan who inhabited the land prior to the Israelite settlement, and remained among the Israelites throughout the First Temple Period. The Bible stresses that the Israelites must stay apart from them, and the Patriarchs set an example for proper behavior by not marrying Canaanite women despite the fact that that would have been the easy and obvious choice.

You can read the rest of this interesting hisoricle story on Classical hebrew.