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Judea or Judaea (/ dʒ uː ˈ d iː ə, dʒ uː ˈ d eɪ ə /; [1] Hebrew: יהודה, Modern: Yehuda, Tiberian: Yəhūḏā; Greek: Ἰουδαία, Ioudaía; Latin: Iudaea) is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Palestine and Israel.
Judaea, the southernmost of the three traditional divisions of ancient Palestine; the other two were Galilee in the north and Samaria in the centre. No clearly marked boundary divided Judaea from Samaria, but the town of Beersheba was traditionally the southernmost limit.
Judaea (Latin: Iudaea [juːˈdae̯.a]; Ancient Greek: Ἰουδαία, romanized: Ioudaía) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea.
Jul 21, 2022 · The region of Judea extended west of the Jordan River and encompassed the southernmost part of the area. The Mediterranean Sea hugged the land’s east coast and shared its northern border with Samaria. Easton’s Bible Dictionary explains, “After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the ...
Roman Judaea (Jewish-Roman Wars) 6 CE–136 CE: Late Antiquity and Middle Ages. Late antiquity (Rabbinic period) 70–638: Syria Palaestina: 136–395: Byzantine Palaestina. Prima; Secunda; 395–638: Early Islamic period (Filastin, Urdunn) 638–1099: Kingdom of Jerusalem: 1099–1291: Ayyubid dynasty: 1174–1260:
Jan 4, 2022 · Judea means “land of the Jews.” The territory of Judea, formerly called Judah, began to be referred to as “Judea” only after the Babylonian captivity.Most of the Jews who returned from exile were from the tribe of Judah.
JUDAEA. joo-de'-a, ju-de'-a (Ioudaia): The "land of the Jews," the Greco-Roman equivalent of Judah. As most of the Israelites returning from the captivity belonged to the tribe of Judah, they came to be called Jews and their land Judea. In Tobit 1:18 the name is applied to the old kingdom of Judah.
Herod’s rule over Judaea was continued under his son Herod Antipas—also infamous in Christian scripture as the king reigning during Jesus’ ministry and death.
Greco-Roman name for the land of the tribe of Judah, whose only stable border was fixed by the Dead Sea to the east. The tribal homeland had about a fifteen mile radius in the hill country of the southeastern corner of Palestine, with its center at Hebron.There mountain ridges rose to almost 3400 feet above the level of the Mediterranean only to descend 4,700 feet eastward to the surface of ...
Judaea: small province of the Roman empire, more or less equivalent to modern Israel and the Palestinian territories. This part of the Roman empire is exceptionally well-known because we have sources written by the native population.
