Who Is a Canaanite? A Review of the Textual Evidence Author(s): Anson F. Rainey Reviewed work(s): Source: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 304 (Nov., 1996), pp. 1-15 Published by: The American Schools of Oriental Research Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1357437 . Accessed: 04/01/2012 03:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The American Schools of Oriental Research is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. http://www.jstor.org Who is a Canaanite? A Review of the Textual Evidence ANSON E RAINEY Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel rainey @ccsg.tau.ac.il In view of recent attemptsto vaporizethe Canaanitesand to erase the land of Canaanfrom the map-principallyin N. P. Lemche's1991 volume,The Canaanitesand their Land:The Traditionof the Canaanites-a reviewof the crucial evidenceis in order.The present study will concentrateon documentsfrom the Late BronzeAge in particular,with some allusionsto evidencefrom otherperiods, to providean under- standingof the textswithin the semanticframework in whichthey were composed-the simple,straightforward meaning of thepassages as intendedby the ancientscribes.