The Amorites: People of the West

During the days of the patriarchs, the lands extending from one end of the Fertile Crescent to the other were undergoing a significant cultural transition. Hints at this transition can be found throughout the Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible), which frequently mentions the Amorites as one of the key people groups inhabiting the land of Canaan.   What is less obvious, however, is that a broad Amorite diaspora had been underway for some time and would continue to reshape the history,...