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.

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All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
Judea canonical 237
Kingdom of Judah 11
ancient Judea 9

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: Bar Kokhba revolt

Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: First Jewish–Roman War

Maccabean Revolt ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Herod the Great ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth

Pontius Pilate ⓘ
borders Dead Sea ⓘ
Idumea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
capital Jerusalem ⓘ
centeredOn Jerusalem ⓘ
containsCity Bethlehem ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jericho ⓘ
containsSite Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: City of David

Temple Mount ⓘ
languageUsed Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Levant
modernTerritoryOverlap State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian territories

Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
namedAfter Judea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Judah

Tribe of Judah ⓘ
partOf Canaan ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Southern Levant
predecessor Judea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Judah
religion Judaism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
religiousStatus cradle of early Christianity ⓘ
cultural and religious heartland of the Jewish people ⓘ
romanProvinceName Judea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iudaea
significantFor Jewish history ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic period

Roman period ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple period
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Herodian period ⓘ
surface form: Herodian dynasty

Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
surface form: Seleucid Empire

Referenced by (296)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jericho → historicalRegion → Judea ⓘ
Apostle James the Less → region → Judea ⓘ
James the brother of Jesus → region → Judea ⓘ
Herodian enclosure → region → Judea ⓘ
Caesarea Maritima → locatedIn → Judea ⓘ
Caesarea Maritima → partOf → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Judaea
Pompey the Great → annexedTerritory → Judea ⓘ
Simon bar Giora → activeIn → Judea ⓘ
Simon bar Giora → historicalRegion → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Judea
Twelve Apostles → geographicContext → Judea ⓘ
Simon bar Kokhba → countryOfCitizenship → Judea ⓘ
Simon bar Kokhba → operatedIn → Judea ⓘ
Simon bar Kokhba → deathPlace → Judea ⓘ
Eleazar ben Ya'ir → country → Judea ⓘ
Judean Mountains → partOf → Judea ⓘ
Ancient Israel → hasPart → Judea ⓘ
Pharisees → region → Judea ⓘ
Zebedee → country → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Judea
Ottoman Palestine → includesTerritory → Judea ⓘ
Essenes → countryOfOrigin → Judea ⓘ
Judah ha-Nasi → placeOfActivity → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Palestine
Sadducees → country → Judea ⓘ
Zealots → geographicLocation → Judea ⓘ
Books of the Maccabees → settingLocation → Judea ⓘ
Sextus Julius Severus → operatedIn → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Judea
Sextus Julius Severus → conflictLocation → Judea ⓘ
Maccabees → country → Judea ⓘ
Early Christians → emergedInRegion → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Judea
Ben-Hur → setInLocation → Judea ⓘ
Qumran → region → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: historical Judea
Judean Desert → partOf → Judea ⓘ
Perea → partOf → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Judea
Perea → locatedIn → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Judea
Perea → borderedBy → Judea ⓘ
Herodias → birthPlace → Judea ⓘ
Herodian dynasty → country → Judea ⓘ
Herodian dynasty → appliesToJurisdiction → Judea ⓘ
Herod Archelaus → ruledTerritory → Judea ⓘ
Herod Philip → country → Judea ⓘ
Antiochus III the Great → territorialExpansion → Judea ⓘ
Herod Agrippa I → country → Judea ⓘ
Herod Agrippa I → ruled → Judea ⓘ
Tannaim → geographicRegion → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Judea
Malthace → country → Judea ⓘ
Brian Cohen in Monty Python’s Life of Brian → residence → Judea ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Cohen
Herodian → country → Judea ⓘ
Herodian → governed → Judea ⓘ
Sebaste → countryInAntiquity → Judea ⓘ
Sebaste → associatedWithProvince → Judea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Judea
Palestine → hasSubregion → Judea ⓘ