Judaea
Ancient Jerusalem's region
Judaea is the ancient region in the southern part of historic Palestine, roughly corresponding to the biblical Kingdom of Judah.
The term appears in historical and biblical contexts referring to the area around Jerusalem, particularly during Roman rule: Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea.
Also spelled Judea.
Triply sacred ancient capital
- TempleNamed religious structure
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- NazarethGalilean city of faith
- GalileeBiblical northern territory
Messiah · Covenant · Torah · Psalms · Gospels · Sinai · Calvary · Sabbath
Triply sacred ancient capital
- Dead SeaLandlocked hypersaline lake
- Jordan RiverMiddle Eastern waterway ending saltily
- NegevDesert in Israel
- GalileeBiblical northern territory
Samaria · hills · valleys · desert · arid · Mediterranean · olives · vineyards
Earth-centered astronomical system
- SanhedrinJewish high court
- PhariseesSecond Temple legal interpreters
- SadduceesPriestly Jewish faction
- EssenesAncient ascetic Hebrew sect
Masada · Samaritans · Dead Sea Scrolls · rebellion · independence
Scattered population sharing origins
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
- HalakhaFormal Jewish legal system
- KabbalahJewish esoteric tradition
Sephardim · Ashkenazim · Hasidism · synagogue · rabbi · covenant · Aliyah · Zionism
Judean prefect, first century
- procuratorAgent with authority to act
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- centurionRoman army officer
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
tribute · census · imperial · aqueduct · crucifixion · occupation · garrison · Titus
Jerusalem
Triply sacred ancient capital
- TempleNamed religious structure
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- NazarethGalilean city of faith
Galilee · Messiah · Covenant · Torah · Psalms · Gospels · Sinai · Calvary · Sabbath · Promised Land
Jerusalem
Triply sacred ancient capital
- Dead SeaLandlocked hypersaline lake
- Jordan RiverMiddle Eastern waterway ending saltily
- NegevDesert in Israel
Galilee · Samaria · hills · valleys · desert · arid · Mediterranean · olives · vineyards · dates
Ptolemaic
Earth-centered astronomical system
Essenes · Masada · Samaritans · Dead Sea Scrolls · rebellion · independence
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
Kabbalah · Sephardim · Ashkenazim · Hasidism · synagogue · rabbi · covenant · Aliyah · Zionism · Hebrew
Pilate
Judean prefect, first century
- procuratorAgent with authority to act
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- centurionRoman army officer
taxation · tribute · census · imperial · aqueduct · crucifixion · occupation · garrison · Titus · siege
- Reform JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement
- Orthodox JudaismStrict adherence to Mosaic law
- Hellenistic JudaismJewish faith shaped by Greek culture
- Reformed JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement
- Conservative JudaismModerate Jewish religious movement
- secular JudaismJewish identity without religious belief