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Land of Israel
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[German Version] I. Old Testament – II. New Testament – III. Antiquity – IV. Middle Ages and the Modern Period
I. Old Testament
1. Terminology and boundaries The terminology used for the land of Israel (cf. Israel), in the sense of the OT view of the land itself, and the definition of its borders varies greatly. The texts appear in the context of particular literary and theological concepts in which “the land” constitutes a thematic focus. Hebrew has two words for land: (a) אֶרֶץ/
ʾereṣ, denoting the earth as a whole and its individual territories from a geographical and po…
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Religion Past and Present
