| Revision as of 01:40, 27 July 2005 edit68.225.27.109 (talk)No edit summary← Previous edit | Revision as of 02:21, 27 July 2005 edit undoJohn K (talk | contribs)Administrators59,942 editsNo edit summaryNext edit → | ||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
| The area was not known as Palestine at this time. | The area was not known as Palestine at this time. | ||
| The area only became known as Palestine after the Roman destruction which was well after the Maccabee revolt. | The area only became known as Palestine after the Roman destruction which was well after the Maccabee revolt. | ||
| :I do not believe this is the case. Our own article ] says: ''The term "Syria Palaestina" is first recorded by the 5th century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus, who wrote of the "district of Syria called Palaistinêi", and later Ptolemy and Pliny (who alludes to a region of Syria that was "formerly called Palaestina"), to refer to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean; it is generally accepted that the region they referred to extended further inland than the domain of the Philistines.'' At any rate, if we do not use Palestine, I am uncertain what the proper term would be. Judæa seems clearly inappropriate to refer to the whole region, since the Hasmonaean state consisted of not only Judæa, but also Samaria, Galilee, Idumæa, and so forth. Palestine seems like the best general term to mean "the southern part of the Levant" once we get past the period when we can use "Canaan." ] ] 02:21, 27 July 2005 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 02:21, 27 July 2005
Just to let everyone know - I know the list of Kings is not completely tabulated yet - I thought I would wait to see how the dispute over the Kingdom of Israel list panned out before I continued with it.
--JohnArmagh 10:02, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
141 BCE–63 BCE: The Hasmonean State in "Palestine" established by the Maccabees
The area was not known as Palestine at this time. The area only became known as Palestine after the Roman destruction which was well after the Maccabee revolt.
- I do not believe this is the case. Our own article Palestine (region) says: The term "Syria Palaestina" is first recorded by the 5th century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus, who wrote of the "district of Syria called Palaistinêi", and later Ptolemy and Pliny (who alludes to a region of Syria that was "formerly called Palaestina"), to refer to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean; it is generally accepted that the region they referred to extended further inland than the domain of the Philistines. At any rate, if we do not use Palestine, I am uncertain what the proper term would be. Judæa seems clearly inappropriate to refer to the whole region, since the Hasmonaean state consisted of not only Judæa, but also Samaria, Galilee, Idumæa, and so forth. Palestine seems like the best general term to mean "the southern part of the Levant" once we get past the period when we can use "Canaan." john k 02:21, 27 July 2005 (UTC)