This article is about a group mentioned in the Bible. For the Anatolian culture, see Hittites.
The Hittites, also spelled Hethites, were a group of people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Under the names בני-חת (bny-ḥt "children of Heth", who was the son of Canaan) and חתי (ḥty "native of Heth") they are described several times as living in or near Canaan between the time of Abraham (estimated to be between 2000 BC and 1500 BC) and the time of Ezra after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile (around 450 BC). Their ancestor was Heth (Hebrew: חֵת, Modern: H̱et, Tiberian: Ḥēṯ).
In the late 19th century, the biblical Hittites were identified with a newly discovered Indo-European-speaking empire of Anatolia, a major regional power through most of the second millennium BC, who therefore came to be known as the Hittites. This nomenclature is used today as a matter of convention, regardless of debates about possible identities between the Anatolian Hittite Empire and the biblical Hittites.
identities between the Anatolian Hittite Empire and the biblicalHittites. According to Genesis, the Hittite Ephron sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah in Hebron...
name "Hittites" is due to the initial identification of the people of Hattusa with the BiblicalHittites by 19th-century archaeologists. The Hittites would...
cuisine Hittite navy Hittite kings Hittite sites Hittite studies Syro-Hittite states, Iron Age states located in modern Turkey and Syria BiblicalHittites, also...
on the identification of the Hatti (Ḫatti) kingdom with the BiblicalHittites (Biblical Hebrew: *חתים Ḥittim), although that name appears to have been...
among Hittites and so is known as a Hittite despite his being born Jewish. (Kiddushin 76b) Either way, he was not actually part of the Hittite nation...
Likewise, from the sons of Canaan: Heth, Jebus, and Amorus were derived Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites. Further descendants of Noah include Eber (from...
synonymous with Phoenicia. Heth: Probably the ancestor of the biblicalHittites, although the Hittites of Anatolia had no ethnic or linguistic ties with the peoples...
Hittite mythology and Hittite religion were the religious beliefs and practices of the Hittites, who created an empire centered in what is now Turkey...
the Canaanite groups between the biblicalHittites and the Amorites. Before modern archaeological studies, most biblical scholars held the opinion that...
son Aziru, at first afraid of the Hittites, afterwards made a treaty with their king, and joining with the Hittites, attacked and conquered the districts...
(Excerpts) E. Neu, StBoT 26 (1983) Harry Angier Hoffner Jr., The Laws of the Hittites: a Critical Edition (DMOA 23) – Leiden, New York, Köln 1997 From: Oliver...
comes to mourn for her. After a while he stands up and speaks to the BiblicalHittites. He tells them that he is a foreigner in their land and requests that...
their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article. Contents...
military relationships with Egypt and the Hittite Empire. The kingdom had a tumultuous relationship with the Hittites, sometimes allied with them but other...
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king, making her the Gebirah (queen mother). She is best known for the Biblical narrative in which she was summoned by King David, who had seen her bathing...
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become a vassal state of the Hittites. This political arrangement, common between Western Anatolian states and the Hittites, consisted of mutual treaty...
Kingdom of the Hittites Drews, R., 1993, The End of the Bronze Age Gurney, O. R., 1991, The Hittites Macqueen, J.G., 1996, The Hittites Singer, Itamar...
Historical Dictionary of the Hittites Scarecrow Press, 2004 ISBN 0810865645 map on inside cover of Gurney, The Hittites, Folio Society edition Burney...
campaign against the Hittites and their allies in the Levant in the pharaoh's Year 5. The imminent collision of the Egyptian and Hittite empires became obvious...
181) is a fragmentary Hittite text from the mid 13th century BC. It is notable for providing a window into relations between Hittites and Greeks during the...
III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty. 1263 BC—The approximate date traditionally offered for the biblical Exodus of the Israelites...
including Pharaoh's daughter and women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon and of the Hittites. His marriage to Pharaoh's daughter appears to have cemented a political...
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