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Comment on British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displays

ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

‘Levantine’ would have been a more accurate term. The ‘Canaanite’ term is specifically what’s used to differentiate from ‘Hebrews’ in zionism, both before and after Israel was created. Biblically Canaanites are Phoenecians, which are one of many Levantine tribes and city states of the Bronze and Biblical eras.

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napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
AFAIK it is common practice to call them Canaanites:

Thus, while “Phoenician” and “Canaanite” refer to the same culture, archaeologists and historians commonly refer to the Bronce Age pre-1200 BC Levantine peoples as Canaanites, while their Iron Age descendants, particularly those living on the coast, are referred to as Phoenicians.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan

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- ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Not disputing that, but even in that section of explanatory text it uses ‘Levantine peoples’.
  
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  - napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Well Levantine is the broader term, so you need it to define the more specific term Canaanite.
    
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    ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s a broader term that is no less accurate. But it is also one more removed from political connotations since this is not just about using the term ‘Canaanite’ as it is also changing it from ‘Palestinian.’
    
    Changing ‘Palestinian’ to ‘Canaanite’ in 2026 specifically means something more given the Israelite-Canaanite context.
    
    It’s either malicious or stupid, and evidence is tending to the former for the group that sought the change and the latter for the museum.
    
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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Didn’t the Bible also say that they were literal giants?

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- als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Also that people can be resurrected, that matter can be duplicated and all sorts of other bullshit
  
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- fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Some say what they were so large you could crawl into their anuses and use them as a type of motorcade. Giddy up.
  
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