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AMORITES, the name given by the Israelites to the earlier inhabitants of Palestine. They are regarded as a powerful people, giants in stature "like the height of the cedars," who had occupied the land east and west of the Jordan. The Biblical usage appears to show that the terms "Canaanites" and "Amorites" were used synonymously, the former being characteristic of Judaean, the latter of Ephraimite and Deuteronomic writers. A distinction is sometimes maintained, however, when the Amorites are spoken of as the people of the past, whereas the Canaanites are referred to as still surviving. The old name is an ethnic term, evidently to be connected with the terms Amurru and Amar, used by Assyria and Egypt respectively. In the spelling Mar-tu, the name is as old as the first Babylonian dynasty, but from the |
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In history the Amorites is the name given by the Israelites to the earlier inhabitants of Palestine. They were regarded as a powerful people, giants in stature "like the height of the cedars," who had occupied the land east and west of the Jordan river. The Biblical usage appears to show that the terms "Canaanites?" and "Amorites" were used synonymously, the former being characteristic of Judaean, the latter of Ephraimite and Deuteronomic writers. A distinction is sometimes maintained, however, when the Amorites are spoken of as the people of the past, whereas the Canaanites are referred to as still surviving. The old name is an ethnic term, evidently to be connected with the terms Amurru and Amar, used by Assyria and Egypt respectively. In the spelling Mar-tu, the name is as old as the first Babylonian dynasty, but from the |
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"Canaan," on the other hand, is confined more especially |
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"Canaan?," on the other hand, is confined more especially |
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10, xxiv. 8; Judg. x. 8. See further CANAAN, PALESTINE. |
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10, xxiv. 8; Judg. x. 8. |
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Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed |
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Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed |
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