Why is Israel called Canaan land? Geographical location?

An ancient region including Palestine or its part between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Generally speaking, it refers to the area from the Mediterranean coastal plain in the west to the Jordan Valley in the east, the Negev in the south and Galilee in the north. Including parts of present-day Palestine, Jordan and northern Egypt.

geographical position

In the Bible, the word "land of Canaan" covers a wider range, referring to the sum of Palestine, northern Lebanon and southwestern Syria.

2 biblical views

Canaan is called "the promised land" by the Bible, and it is a land flowing with milk and honey. It is also regarded as a symbol of heaven by Christian theology.

3 Historical evolution

The natives of Canaan are called Canaanites.

The ancestors of the Jews, the Hebrews, called it Canaan when they entered here.

The Philistines entered the Mediterranean coast, controlled the coastline from Gaza to Jaffa, and called the place they occupied "Palestine", which means "the land of the Philistines", which was later used by Greek historians. Jewish ultra-orthodoxy does not agree with this word and thinks it is an unacceptable "non-Jewish noun".

When the Romans entered Canaan, they expelled the Jews. 1 At the end of the period, Jews had little contact with Canaan.

In the 7th century, Arabs moved in and assimilated the local residents with Islam. From the 7th century to the 20th century, Canaan (that is, Palestine) was inhabited by Arabs.