It is an interesting consequence of the new reconstructions of the early history of Israel that the Israelites must originally have been Canaanites. Nevertheless, an outspoken hatred against the Canaanites permeates the Old Testament. It is my aim in this study to present a new way of explainig the anti-Canaanite sentiments of the Old Testament historians. I hope, at the same time, to disclose somo of the aims and ideas which governed Old Testament history writing.
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