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Dan Dan
Dan 1 In the Bible, son of Jacob and Bilhah and eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. Their allotment in SW Palestine was the least extensive. The hostility of the Amorites living there prompted the Danites to migrate north where they established themselves. The Book of Judges may... Read more
Palestine (Historical region) Palestine (Historical region)
ERETZ YISRAEL The Hebrew phrase meaning Land of Israel. The name Eretz Yisrael is biblical in origin, where it refers, variously, to parts of the region that were under Jewish sovereignty at different times. Since the dispersion of the Jews in 70 c.e., it has been used to designate Zion... Read more
Philistine Philistine
Philistine a member of a non-Semitic people of southern Palestine in ancient times, who came into conflict with the Israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries bc. The Philistines, from whom the country of Palestine took its name, were one of the Sea Peoples who, according to the Bible, came from... Read more
Judaea Judaea
Judaea or Judea [Lat. from Judah ], region, Greco-Roman name for S Palestine. It varied in size in different periods. In the time of Jesus it was both part of the province of Syria and a kingdom ruled by the Herods. It was the southernmost of the Roman divisions of Palestine, the others being... Read more
Palestine Palestine
Palestine , historic region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Egypt; also known as the Holy Land. The name is derived from a word meaning "land of the Philistines." This article discusses mainly... Read more
Archibald Percival Wavell 1st Earl Wavell Archibald Percival Wavell 1st Earl Wavell
Archibald Percival Wavell Wavell, 1st Earl , 1883-1950, British field marshal and viceroy of India. Wavell first saw service in the South African War and in India. During World War I he fought in France (and lost an eye) and in Palestine, where, under the command of General Allenby, he first learned... Read more
Gehenna Gehenna
Gehenna One of the words in the Christian New Testament for hell, the place of destruction. The word is derived from the Hebrew ge and hinnom, the Valley of Hinnom—originally a valley in Palestine where the Hebrews passed their children through the fire to Moloch, the god of the Ammonites (1... Read more
Aliyah Aliyah
ALIYAH Hebrew term for Jewish immigration to Palestine. The Hebrew word for "ascent," aliyah (also aliya ) is the term used in both religious tradition and secular Zionism to refer to Jewish immigration to Palestine. Within those ideological frameworks, emigration from Israel is called... Read more
Jewish Brigade Jewish Brigade
JEWISH BRIGADE Established by the British war cabinet in 1944 as the only Jewish military unit to fight the Axis powers. The Jewish Brigade represented the culmination of efforts by Jews in both Palestine and the United States to create an independent Jewish fighting force. In 1939, Jews... Read more
Levi Eshkol Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol , 1895-1969, Israeli statesman, third prime minister of Israel, b. Ukraine; originally named Levi Shkolnik. In World War I he served in the Jewish Legion, which supported the British forces in Palestine. A leader in the Histradrut (General Federation of Jewish Labor) and the Mapai party,... Read more

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