The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought

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Contributors Abbreviations Introduction - Katell Berthelot, Joseph E. David and Marc Hirshman Dwelling in Land: Theological and Ethical Issues 1. Everything was fulfilled versus the Land that still remains: Contrasting Conceptions of Fulfillment of Promise in Book of Joshua - Nili Wazana 2. Land Theology in Josephus: A Reappraisal - Michael Avioz 3. Idolatry and Biblical Concept of Herem in Tannaitic Midrash - Ishay Rosen-Zvi 4. The Emergence of Polemic Concerning Fate of Canaanites: Motives and Motifs - Menahem Kister 5. God would not give Land, but to obedient: The Response of Mediaeval Karaite Exegetes to Curse of Canaan in Genesis 9 - Meira Polliack and Marzena Zawanowska 6. And Yet, Texts Remain: The Problem of Command to Destroy - Menachem Kellner 7. Land, Territory and Divine Law: Nahmanides' Idea of Lord's Land - Joseph E. David 8. The Relation between Land of Canaan and Land of Israel according to Hasidic School of Gur - Yoram Jacobson 9. The Biblical Conquest of Canaan in Eyes of German-Jewish Orthodoxy - Matthias Morgenstern The Changing Uses of Category Canaanites 10. Where May Be Found? Canaanites, Phoenicians and Others in Jewish Texts from Hellenistic and Roman Period - Katell Berthelot 11. The Rabbinic Perception of Presence of in Land of Israel - Eyal Ben Elyahu 12. Canaanites in Medieval Jewish Households - Evyatar Marienberg 13. The of Africa: The Origins of Berbers according to Medieval Muslim and Jewish Authors - Paul Fenton 14. The Israeli Identity and Canaanite Option - David Ohana The Gift of Land and Fate of in Modern Context of Construction of State of Israel 15. The Conquest of Eretz Israel and Seven Nations in Religious-Zionist Thought - Dov Schwartz 16. Rabbi Reines on Conquest of Canaan and Zionism - Zeev Harvey 17. The Conquest of Land of Israel and Associated Moral Questions in Teachings of Rabbi Kook and His Disciples: Thoughts in Light of Book Herev Pipiyot Be-Yadam - Avinoam Rosenak 18. R. Moshe Feinstein on Milhemet Mitzvah: Halakhah, Morality, and Exegesis - Baruch Alster 19. The Fate of and State of Israel in Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas - Annabel Herzog Index of Sources