Judea
Americannoun
noun
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Her adulation of Herod, the assimilated Roman Jewish client-king of Judea, was contrary to most takes on him, certainly to the baby-Jesus-hunter of Matthew’s Gospel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Hanukkah itself celebrates an ancient Jewish victory over the Seleucid Empire, which sought to impose Hellenistic culture and forced assimilation in Judea.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024
The revolt of the Maccabees, as it came to be known, continued on and ultimately drove the Seleucids from Judea in 160.
From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023
Judea and Samaria is a biblical term for the West Bank.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
Cleopatra’s open hostility toward King Herod and his suspicion of her ensured that the queen received a somewhat frosty reception in Judea.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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