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9 unusual facts about Judea


Congregation Beth Israel-Judea

Born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1930, Morris's first rabbinic position had been two years as a chaplain with the United States Navy in Japan in 1956.

Rosenbaum, Fred, "San Francisco-Oakland: The Native Son", in Brinner, William M.

Edessa

but a missionary from Judea who evangelized Mesopotamia about the middle of the 2nd century, and became the first bishop of Edessa.

Jerry Cornes

Also in 1937, he went to work for the civil service in Palestine, as assistant district officer of Ramallah, in Judea.

Jesus healing the bleeding woman

However, it has been pointed out since the 19th century that the statues were probably a misunderstanding or distortion of a sculptural group in fact originally representing the submission of Judea to the Emperor Hadrian.

Master Jesus

After returning from India, while living in Judea, Jesus worked as a carpenter; his father Joseph helped him get work because he was a general contractor.

Neither Are We Enemies

Neither Are We Enemies is a made-for-television drama that is set in Judea at the time of Christ.

Star Over Bethlehem

Having a mind of its own, it leaves whatever master it has and manages to wander through Judea.

Tabbouleh

In Greater Syria, including Lebanon, the wheat variety salamouni cultivated in the region around the Golan Heights, Galilee, Judea and Samaria, Jezreel Valley, Hawran and in Mount Lebanon, Bekaa Valley and Baalbek was considered (in the mid-19th century) as particularly well suited for making bulgur, a basic ingredient of tabbouleh.


A Quiver Full of Arrows

Pontius Pilate, son of the Governor of the Judea Province, is sent by his mother to buy three pomegranates and a chicken.

Aristobulus IV

Aristobulus lived most of his life outside of Judaea, having been sent at age 12 along with his brother Alexandros to be educated at the Imperial court of Rome in 20 BC, in the household of Augustus himself.

Bialik House

On the sides are a pair of cartouches, one, the famous "Judea capta" coin issued by the Emperor Titus after the Roman defeat of the Jewish Revolt of the year 70.

Decapolis

Except for Damascus, the Decapolis cities were by and large founded during the Hellenistic period, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the Roman conquest of Coele-Syria, including Judea in 63 BC.

Ethnarch

His brother Philip received the north-east of the realm and was styled Tetrarch (circa 'ruler of a quarter'); and Galilee was given to Herod Antipas, who bore the same title.

Festus, Missouri

Town legend claims the name was chosen by a church ceremony where a Bible was opened blindly and the first proper name encountered was that of Porcius Festus, the governor of Judea around 60 AD (Acts 24:27).

First Jewish–Roman War

A new military governor was then appointed from Rome, Lucilius Bassus, whose assigned task was to undertake the "mopping-up" operations in Judea.

George Patrick Welch

Besides his two books, he also wrote a play, "Assignment in Judea", a fact-based fictional account of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ from the Romans' and Pontius Pilate's perspectives.

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia

The Grand Duke actually appeared in his last play, "King of Judea," playing the role of Joseph of Arimathea.

Hasmonean coinage

Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai), king of Judea from (103 to 76 BCE), son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus, and married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit" (see Coins of Alexander Jannaeus).

Judea Lyaboloma Constituency

Judea Lyaboloma Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia, named after Judea Lyaboloma, one of Namibia's freedom fighters and a Medal of Bravery recipient.

Kach and Kahane Chai

Kahane often pejoratively called other Knesset members "Hellenists" in Hebrew (a reference from Jewish religious texts describing ancient Jews who assimilated into Greek culture after Judea's occupation by Alexander the Great).

King Davids Peak

The mountain is named after the biblical ruler of Judea, King David.

Mount Judea High School

Mount Judea High School (MJHS) is an accredited comprehensive public high school located in Mount Judea, Arkansas, United States.

Queen Gwendolen

The Historia Regum Britanniae says that at the time of her death Samuel was judge in Judea, Aeneas Silvius was ruling Alba Longa, and Homer was gaining fame in Greece.

Revolution at Sea saga

In By Force of Arms, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb's smuggling ship, the Judea, is destroyed by British soldiers, which results eventually in his and his friend Ezra Rumstick's impressment aboard an English man-o-war, HMS Icarus, commanded by the irresponsible and arrogant Lieutenant James Pendexter.

Roy Cheville

He wrote numerous hymn texts published in Hymns of the Saints and prior hymnals, including “Afar in Old Judea” and had a reputation as a vigorous song leader and a self-styled humorist.

The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

Contributing columnists include Judea Pearl, Dennis Prager, Marty Kaplan, Gina Nahai, Bill Boyarsky, Mark Paredes, Teresa Strasser, Raphael Sonnenshein, Jonathan Kirsch, and Rabbi Steven Weil.

Three shekel ostracon

No king named Ashyahu is mentioned in the Bible, but some scholars believe it may refer to Jehoash, who ruled Judea 802–787 BCE.


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