Judea
Sign in to saveJudea or Judaea (; ; , ; , ; ) is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Israel and the West Bank. The name is derived from the Hebrew name Yehudah, and was used during the Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Under the Hasmoneans, the Herodians, and the Romans, the term was applied to an area larger than the Judea of earlier periods. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt (c. 132–136 CE), the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina.
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Judea is a mountainous region in the Levant historically centered on Jerusalem, now divided between Israel and the West Bank. The name, derived from the Hebrew word Yehudah, has been used since ancient times to describe this territory, which was governed by various empires including the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, until the Romans renamed the province after suppressing a Jewish revolt in the 2nd century CE.
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- Judea
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- Southern Levant
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- Mount Hebron
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23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origins
- History
- Extent
- Historical boundaries
- Roman-era definition
- Geography
- History
- Biblical Era
- Persian and Hellenistic periods
- Early Roman period
- Jewish–Roman wars and Late Roman period
- First Jewish–Roman War
- Bar Kokhba revolt
- Aftermath
- Byzantine period
- Crusader period
- Mamluk period
- Timeline
- Selected towns and cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Judea or Judaea (; ; , ; , ; ) is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Israel and the West Bank. The name is derived from the Hebrew name Yehudah, and was used during the Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Under the Hasmoneans, the Herodians, and the Romans, the term was applied to an area larger than the Judea of earlier periods. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt (c. 132–136 CE), the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina.
The term Judea was used by English speakers for the hilly internal part of Mandatory Palestine. Judea roughly corresponds to the southern part of the West Bank (), a territory Israel has occupied since 1967 and administered as the "Judea and Samaria Area"(, ). Usage of the term "Judea and Samaria" is associated with the right wing in Israeli politics.