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Judea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Judea or Judaea (יהודה "Praise", Standard Hebrew Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) (Greek: Ιουδαία), (Latin: Iudaea) is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל Eretz Yisrael), an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank, and, in a few geographical definitions of Judea, Jordan. |
 | | In modern times, the name "Yehudah" may be used by Hebrew speakers to refer to a large southern section of Israel and the West Bank, or in the combined term Judea and Samaria to refer specifically to the West Bank. |
 | | During the 1st century BCE Judea lost its autonomy to the Roman Empire by becoming first a client kingdom, then a province of the Empire. |
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