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that they have inherited their traditions from the biblical Israel.

Consider just those elements the patriarchs received during what has come to be known as "the conquest." Raphael Patai in his book The Jewish Mind discusses the early history of the Israelites and notes that the first encounter between the Children of Israel and another people, the people of Canaan, had two lasting outcomes--the first was their acquisition of the Hebrew Language, and the second was the incorporation of certain Canaanite elements into the religions of the pre-exilic

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