Judea

E2701

ancient region historical region

Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.

Aliases (17)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient region → historical region →
associatedWithEvent	Bar Kokhba revolt → First Jewish–Roman War → Maccabean Revolt →
associatedWithPerson	Herod the Great → Jesus of Nazareth → Pontius Pilate →
borders	Dead Sea → Idumea → Mediterranean Sea → Samaria →
capital	Jerusalem →
centeredOn	Jerusalem →
containsCity	Bethlehem → Hebron → Jericho →
containsSite	City of David → Temple Mount →
languageUsed	Aramaic → Hebrew →
locatedIn	Ancient Near East → Levant →
modernTerritoryOverlap	Palestinian territories → State of Israel →
namedAfter	Kingdom of Judah → Tribe of Judah →
partOf	Land of Israel → Southern Levant →
predecessor	Kingdom of Judah →
religion	Judaism → early Christianity →
religiousStatus	cradle of early Christianity → cultural and religious heartland of the Jewish people →
romanProvinceName	Iudaea →
significantFor	Jewish history → Second Temple Judaism → early Christianity →
timePeriod	Hellenistic period → Roman period → Second Temple period →
underRuleOf	Achaemenid Empire → Byzantine Empire → Hasmonean dynasty → Hellenistic kingdoms → Herodian dynasty → Roman Empire → Roman Republic → Seleucid Empire →

Referenced by (138)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aristobulus II → Crucifixion of Jesus ("Roman Judea") → Eleazar ben Ya'ir → Hasmonean dynasty → Herod Agrippa I → Herod Philip → Herodian → Herodian dynasty → Herodian period → Hyrcanus II → Maccabees → Malthace → Mariamne I → Sadducees → Salome Alexandra → Second Temple in Jerusalem → Simon Thassi → Zebedee ("Roman Judea") → Zedekiah ("Kingdom of Judah") →	country
Apostle James the Less → Hasmon ("ancient Judea") → Herodian enclosure → James the brother of Jesus → Pharisees → Qumran ("historical Judea") →	region
Bethlehem → Hebron → Jericho → Nicanor → Simon bar Giora ("Roman Judea") →	historicalRegion
Bethphage → Caesarea Maritima → Perea ("Roman province of Judea") → Second Temple Judaism → Wadi an-Nar →	locatedIn
Babylonian exile ("Kingdom of Judah") → Galilean campaign of Vespasian ("northern Judea") → Jewish–Roman wars → Tannaitic period ("Roman Judea") → Trial of Jesus →	location
Caesarea Maritima ("Roman province of Judaea") → Judean Desert → Judean Mountains → Perea ("Roman Judea") → Shfela →	partOf
Babylonian exile ("Kingdom of Judah") → Herodian dynasty → Herodian period → King of the Jews →	appliesToJurisdiction
Alexander Jannaeus → Antigonus II Mattathias → Aristobulus I → John Hyrcanus I →	countryRuled
Essenes → Pharisees → Sadducees → Zealots →	geographicLocation
Alexander Jannaeus → Herodias → Zedekiah ("Kingdom of Judah") →	birthPlace
Cleopatra of Jerusalem → Mariamne II → Simon bar Kokhba →	countryOfCitizenship
Alexander Jannaeus → Aristobulus I → Simon bar Kokhba →	deathPlace
Alexander → Aristobulus II → Mariamne I →	placeOfBirth
2 Maccabees → Ezra–Nehemiah ("Yehud province") → The Life of Flavius Josephus →	setting
Flavius Josephus → Herod the Great ("Roman client kingdom of Judea") →	citizenship
Essenes → The Life of Flavius Josephus →	countryOfOrigin
Twelve Apostles → Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) ("Roman Judea") →	geographicContext
Herod the Great → Pontius Pilate →	governedTerritory
Maccabean Revolt → Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE →	hasLocation
Sextus Julius Severus ("province of Judea") → Simon bar Kokhba →	operatedIn
Antipater the Idumaean → Judah ha-Nasi ("Roman Palestine") →	placeOfActivity
Brian Cohen → Cypros →	residence
Simon bar Giora →	activeIn
Book of Jeremiah ("kingdom of Judah") →	addresses
Pompey the Great →	annexedTerritory
Jesus Christ →	associatedRegion
Hebrews ("Kingdom of Judah") →	associatedWith
Sebaste ("Roman province of Judea") →	associatedWithProvince
Perea →	borderedBy
Idumea →	borders
Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Kingdom of Judah") →	conflict
Sextus Julius Severus →	conflictLocation
Holy Land →	contains
British Mandate for Palestine →	containsRegion
Sebaste →	countryInAntiquity
Hasmon →	countryOfCulturalAssociation
Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Kingdom of Judah") →	diplomaticRelation
Early Christians ("Roman province of Judea") →	emergedInRegion
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ("Kingdom of Judah") →	followedBy
Judaism ("Land of Israel") →	foundedInRegion
Fast of Gedaliah ("land of Judah") →	geographicalContext
Tannaim ("Roman Judea") →	geographicRegion
Herodian →	governed
Jews ("Land of Israel") →	hasHomeland
Ancient Israel →	hasPart
Nativity of Christ →	hasPlace
Palestine →	hasSubregion
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ("Kingdom of Judah") →	hasSuccessorState
Galilee ("Roman Judea") →	historicalRegionOf
Ottoman Palestine →	includesTerritory
Golgotha →	locatedInProvinceAtTimeOfEvent
Idumea →	locatedSouthOf
Jewish–Roman wars ("Judea Province") →	mainTheater
Acts of the Apostles →	majorLocation
Judea ("Kingdom of Judah") →	namedAfter
Christianity →	originatedIn
Sefer HaTemunah ("Land of Israel") →	originatesFrom
Roman destruction of the Second Temple →	place
Salome Alexandra →	placeOfDeath
Martyrs of Palestine ("Roman Palestine") →	placeOfNarrative
Judea ("Kingdom of Judah") →	predecessor
Bacchides →	regionOfActivity
Mishnah ("Roman Palestine") →	regionOfOrigin
Judea ("Iudaea") →	romanProvinceName
Herod Agrippa I →	ruled
Herod Archelaus →	ruledTerritory
Ben-Hur →	setInLocation
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) →	setInPlace
Books of the Maccabees →	settingLocation
Antiochus III the Great →	territorialExpansion
Roman Empire →	territoryIncludes
Idumea ("Province of Judea") →	underRomanRule