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Judaea

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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 Galilee, Samaria, and Peraea. Idumaea was S of Judaea. A strip of Samaria lay between Judaea and the Mediterranean. The former region of Judaea was occupied by Israel after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war (see West Bank ). Author not available, JUDAEA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth... Read more
Judaea
Judaea Greek and Latin form of Judah , and in the Maccabean era...NT times, Herod's son Archelaus ruled as tetrarch over Judaea (4 BCE–6 CE), which did not include Galilee and Perea ; but after Archelaus Judaea formed part of the Roman province of Syria , ruled by a... Read more
Judaea
Judaea. In Christ's time the term normally meant the most southern of the three districts ( Galilee , Samaria , and Judaea) into which Palestine, west of the Jordan , was divided, but it could be used in a wider sense of the whole of Palestine. Read more

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