place
Canaan
also: Kánaán, the promised land, az ígéret földje
Canaan, the 'promised land' of the covenant with Abraham (roughly modern Israel/Palestine); in the drama it is the central destination, described in Act Four as flowing with honey and milk, with shining cities and giant grape-clusters — a vision that makes the spies' despairing report all the more agonizing.
Reading notes
- Moses §4 Canaan
Canaan, the 'promised land' promised to Abraham's descendants (roughly modern Israel/Palestine); the drama's central destination whose rich description — honey, milk, giant grape-clusters, shining cities — stands in painful contrast to Moses's knowledge that he will die before entering it.