Yigal Levin From the Land of Canaan to the State of Israel: The History of Biblical Israel and its Place in the Israeli Educational System

“The Biblical Period in the history of Israel is unique in its importance because of its considerable influence on human culture in general . Within Zionism and within the study of Jewish history that developed in the Hebrew University , it had a central position as the foundational period of Jewish history and of the connection between the Jewish People and the Land of Israel" ( Yankelevitch , 2006 , 212 ) . Several years ago , in a general-studies class I was teaching at an Israeli institution of higher education , I mentioned the famous inscription written by Pharaoh Merneptah , son of Ramses II , who , around the year 1207 BCE embarked on a campaign to quell a rebellion that had broken out in Canaan against Egyptian rule . In the victory stele that he placed in his temple he wrote : “ Canaan is plundered with every evil ; Ashkelon is conquered ; Gezer is seized ; Yeno ‘ am is made non-existent ; Israel is laid waste , his seed is no more" . This inscription is very well-known among...  אל הספר
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