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Definition of Judea

1. Noun. The southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ.

Definition of Judea

1. Noun. Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire. ¹

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Literary usage of Judea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"I. The Name and the Territory: Judea is the term applied from about 300 BC by Greeks and Romans to the land inhabited by the Jews. The limits of the country ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Arche- laus, the son and successor of Herod, having been deposed in the year 6 of our era, the government of Judea was confided to Roman procurators, ..."

3. A History of New Testament Times in Palestine, 175 B. C.-70 A. D. by Shailer Mathews (1899)
"This superiority, however, did not extend over the Greek cities of Judea, which were either like Caesarea directly attached to the province of Syria,4 or ..."

4. Light and Truth: Collected from the Bible and Ancient and Modern History by Robert Benjamin Lewis (1844)
"22;) but more properly it was divided into Galilee, Samaria and Judea. Judea, thus taken, contained the original portions of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, ..."

5. Post-Biblical History of the Jews: From the Close of the Old Testament by Morris Jacob Raphall (1856)
"... King of Armenia, proposes to invade Judea ; prevented by the Romans—Death of Alexandra—Hyrcanus II, king and high-priest—Rigid government of the ..."

6. From Manger to Throne: Embracing a New Life of Jesus the Christ and a by Thomas De Witt Talmage (1893)
"His active ministry began in Jerusalem, but it was not until He had gone into the region of Judea, outside of the Holy City, that He began to preach and the ..."

7. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 by William Cothren (1854)
"It contains two ecclesiastical societies, Judea and New Preston, ... Judea society embraces all the territory taken from Woodbury and Litchfield, ..."

8. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1858)
"TRIUMPH OVER Judea. — THE ARCH OF TITUS (AD 44-70, AU 797-823.) IN commencing a chapter which will be devoted to CHAP., the great insurrection of the Jews, ..."

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