Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Israel and the West Bank. The name's usage is historic, having been used in antiquity and still into the present day; it …

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 …

JUDEA , Latin form of Judah, the southern province of Ere? Israel during the period of Roman hegemony. Although this article deals with Judea as a Roman province, it should be pointed …

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 …

Judea and Samaria is now home to a large and thriving Jewish community of over half a million people. Before our eyes, the pioneers of Judea and Samaria are fulfilling Biblical prophecy, …

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's ...

It designates the part of Palestine adjacent to Jerusalem and inhabited by the Jewish community after their return from captivity. Its original limits may be assigned as follows: Bethsûr, on the …

Judaea, also spelled Judea, is a region of significant historical and religious importance, located in the southern part of ancient Israel. It is bordered by Samaria to the north and Idumea to the …

During the Iron Age II period, two Israelite kingdoms emerged, covering much of Canaan: the Kingdom of Israel in the north and the Kingdom of Judah in the south. [1]

Judea is the Graeco-Roman designation of an area earlier included in the former kingdom of Judah, and to which the Hebrews of the Babylonian captivity returned.