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Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The romans called the area Judaea…land of the Jews.

Just a quick correction here. Judaea is actually named after Judah, son of Jacob.

The word ‘Jew’ comes from the place name Judaea, not the other way around.

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