Word: canaan
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...other hand, the theological significance of Ebla may be nil. Although the city was once a great commercial center, trading with Canaan and regions beyond, Matthiae insists that tablets from the 3rd millennium B.C. are far too old to have any important links with the much later texts of the Old Testament. Moreover, Ebla's language is problematic. "Eblaite" is a Semitic tongue written in cuneiform characters borrowed from Mesopotamia...
...political records. But about 150 are literary, including myths, epic narratives, hymns to deities, rituals, collections of proverbs, and incantations against everything from demons to scorpions. Some of Ebla's 500 deities had the same names as the ones which were later to tempt the Israelites in Canaan, notably Baal...
...turn wasn't Moses' doing. He and the children of Israel were following the Lord, who took the form of a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. The 40-year wandering was to punish Israel for its faithlessness. A dozen men were sent into Canaan on a 40-day reconnaissance mission. Ten of the twelve returned with reports of doom. Because their pessimism indicated faithlessness, God meted out a year of wandering for each day of spying...
...like the Crimson wasn't working hard...Davis separated his shoulder in the first half but continued to play and scored both his goals after the injury...Bobby Burr and Bruce Ernst scored the other Harvard goals...The Crimson's next game is on Sunday against Penn in New Canaan, Conn...
MARRIED. Gerald Green, 58, novelist (The Last Angry Man) who wrote the script for the Emmy Award-winning 1978 television series Holocaust; and Interior Designer Marlene Eagle, 46; both for the second time; in New Canaan, Conn...