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Originally Posted by kahljorn
Yep.
According to the bible and historical information jewish people would actually be descendent of canaans, because I believe abraham was a canaan for some time. Wasn't he a nomad who settled in canaan, adopting their culture and such?
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Hmm, that I'm not so sure of. The Bible doesn't make a lot of mention of Canaanites. Mostly Canaan is just refered to as a region of land the Israelites settled in. The few mentions are of them are not suprisingly as conquerors, or enemies of Israel alongside the Amalaks, and Sichon and the Emirates.
Abraham definetly lived in Canaan, and traveled there from the Euphrates valley and most likely originated in Babylonia/Messopotamia - but I don't have a clue how intertwined he became with the pagan culture. There's one story from the Midrash has him smashing all the statues in his father's idol store, which I guess introduces monotheism. I don't think that would make Jews descendents, but it at least backs up the claim that Jews have always been on the land.
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