Judea (isr)

Judea

Judea ranks 2,930th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sarpsborg, Lons-le-Saunier, and Mont-de-Marsan. Memorable people born in Judea include Herod Antipas, Joel, and Nehemiah. Memorable people who died in Judea include Ezra, Joel, and Nehemiah. Judea has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Judea is located in Israel.

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 usage is historic, having been used in antiquity and still into the present day; it originates from Yehudah, the Hebrew name of the tribe, called Juda(h) in English. Yehudah was a son of Jacob, who was later given the name "Israel" and whose sons collectively headed the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Yehudah's progeny among the Israelites formed the Tribe of Judah, with whom the Kingdom of Judah is associated. Related nomenclature continued to be used under the rule of the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Under the Hasmoneans, the Herodians, and the Romans, the term was applied to an area larger than Judea of earlier periods. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina. Read more on Wikipedia