Topic summary
Judeans
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Judea.
History
Judea was sometimes used as the name for the entire region, including parts beyond the river Jordan. In 200 CE Sextus Julius Africanus, cited by Eusebius (Church History 1.7.14), described "Nazara" (Nazareth) as a village in Judea. The King James Version of the Bible refers to the region as "Jewry". 'Judean' was not exclusively used as ethnic identifier; Ptolemy of Ascalon, for example, quoted in a work by Ammonius of Alexandria, distinguishes between Judeans originating within the land of Judea, "and forcefully circumcised Idumeans (of Syrian or Phoenician origin, in his view) who could likewise be designated 'Judeans.'"