Judaea

Judaea
or Judea geographical name region of ancient Palestine constituting the S division (Judah) of the country under Persian, Greek, & Roman rule; bounded on N by Samaria, on E by Jordan River & Dead Sea, on SW by Sinai Peninsula, & on W by the Mediterranean • Judaean or Judean adjective or noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Judaea — Judaean, adj., n. /jooh dee euh/, n. Judea. * * * or Judea Southern division of ancient Palestine successively under Persian, Greek, and Roman rule. It was bounded on the north by Samaria and on the west by the Mediterranan Sea. It succeeded the… …   Universalium

  • Judaea — Greek and Latin form of Judah, and in the Maccabean era an independent state (1 Macc. 5:45); it sometimes refers to the whole of Palestine, e.g. the territory of Herod the Great (37–4 BCE). In NT times, Herod s son Archelaus ruled as tetrarch… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • Judaea — Judäa (lateinisch Iudaea, von hebräisch יהודה) ist die geografische Bezeichnung eines Gebietes in der Levante. Jüdische Schriftstellen unterscheiden zwischen einem Judäa diesseits des Jordans mit Jerusalem als Zentrumsstadt und einem Judäa… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Judaea Capta coinage — Judaea Capta coins were a series of commemorative coins originally issued by the Roman Emperor Vespasian to celebrate the capture of Judaea and the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by his son Titus in 70 AD during the First Jewish… …   Wikipedia

  • Judaea (Roman province) — Judaea or Iudaea Province of the Roman Empire …   Wikipedia

  • Judaea Coin Archive — Logo of the site The Judean Coin archives (also spelled as Judaean), is an online photo gallery archive of photos and information about ancient Jewish coinage, located at http://www.judaea.chimehost.net. The archive also has the only online… …   Wikipedia

  • Judaea — n. region of ancient Palestine that comprises the present day southern Israel …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Judaea — Ju•dae•a [[t]dʒuˈdi ə[/t]] n. geg Judea Ju•dae′an, adj. n …   From formal English to slang

  • Judaea — /dʒuˈdiə/ (say jooh deeuh) noun → Judea. –Judaean, adjective, noun …  

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