Land of Promise
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Land of Promise is a biblical term referring to the territory promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, often identified with the ancient land of Canaan.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical term
ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Exodus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
conquest of Canaan ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Joshua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conditionedBy | covenant obedience (in many biblical passages) ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | wilderness wandering ⓘ |
| covenantType | Abrahamic covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eschatologicalUse | used as image of future fulfillment ⓘ |
| firstPromiseBook | Book of Genesis GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPromiseChapter |
Genesis 12
GENERATED
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Genesis 15 GENERATED ⓘ Genesis 17 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasMoralDimension | linked to obedience to God ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identifiedWith |
Canaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Promised Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesArea |
land between the Nile and the Euphrates (in some interpretations)
ⓘ
land of Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | English ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| originalConceptLanguage | Biblical Hebrew GENERATED ⓘ |
| promisedBy | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promisedTo |
Abraham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ descendants of Abraham ⓘ |
| refersTo | territory promised by God to Abraham and his descendants ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Holy Land
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of God NERFINISHED ⓘ Zion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicMeaning |
blessing
ⓘ
rest ⓘ salvation (in some Christian interpretations) ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
covenant faithfulness
ⓘ
divine promise ⓘ inheritance ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian preaching
ⓘ
Jewish liturgy (conceptually as promised land) ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.