Endnote 19 – Whatchamacallit

Some suggest that to “save” the “Palestinian” terminology, we might specify “the archaeology of ancient Palestine.” Yet the region was not called “Palestine” before the Roman period. Similarly, the name “Israel” is much too restrictive in time and space. Alternatively, the designation “Canaan” is both too broad and at the same time so ill-defined that some scholars suggest that it be abandoned altogether.