Idoumaia

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Idoumaia is the ancient Greek name for Idumea, a historical region south of Judea inhabited by the Edomites and later incorporated into the Hasmonean and Roman realms.

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Idoumaia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographic region
historical region
associatedPeople Edom
surface form: Edomites

Idumeans
borderedBy Judea
Negev desert
surface form: Negev Desert
conqueredBy John Hyrcanus I
surface form: John Hyrcanus
ethnonymDerivedFrom Edom
hasNameInGreek Ἰδουμαία
HerodTheGreatOrigin Idumean descent
historicalReligion Edomite polytheism
incorporatedInto Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: Hasmonean Kingdom

Roman Empire
inhabitedBy Edom
surface form: Edomites
languageContext Ancient Greek
laterReligion Judaism
latinizedForm Idumea
surface form: Idumaea
locatedSouthOf Judea
mentionedIn Josephus writings
New Testament
modernApproximateLocation Southern District, Israel
surface form: southern Israel

southwestern Jordan
notableAssociatedFigure Herod the Great
partOf Levant region
surface form: Southern Levant

historic Palestine
surface form: ancient Palestine
politicalStatusUnderRome part of the Roman province of Judea
refersTo Idumea
regionType borderland between Judea and Nabatea
religiousContext Second Temple Judaism
timePeriod Hellenistic period
Roman period

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Idumea greekName Idoumaia