40. *THE JEWISH
PROVINCES
Galilee
Samaria
Judea
*THE
NON-JEWISH
PROVINCES
Idumea
Decapolis
QUMRAN
The Hellenistic period settlement was
constructed during the reign of John
Hyrcanus, 134-104 BCE or somewhat
later, and was occupied most of the time
until it was destroyed by the Romans in
68 CE or shortly after. It is best known as
the settlement nearest to the caves
where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden,
caves in the sheer desert cliffs and
beneath, in the marl terrace.
8 Towns in Judea:
41. *THE JEWISH
PROVINCES
Galilee
Samaria
Judea
*THE
NON-JEWISH
PROVINCES
Idumea
Decapolis
QUMRAN
10 miles south of Jericho, Qumran was
on a "dead-end street" and provided a
perfect location for the isolationist sect
of the Essenes to live.
The site was excavated by Catholic priest
Roland deVaux from 1953-56. More
recent excavations of the site have taken
place under the direction of Hanan
Eshel.
8 Towns in Judea:
43. *THE JEWISH
PROVINCES
Galilee
Samaria
Judea
*THE
NON-JEWISH
PROVINCES
Idumea
Decapolis
QUMRAN
DEAD SEA SCROLL:
refer to ancient Hebrew scrolls that were
accidentally discovered in 1947 by
a Bedouin boy in Israel's Judean Desert. On
display today in the Shrine of the Book at
the Israel Museum in Jerusalem,
the scrolls have kindled popular enthusiasm
as well as serious scholarly interest over the
past half century as they reveal exciting
history from the Second Temple period
(520 B.C.E.-70 C.E.) - a time of crucial
developments in the crystallization of the
monotheistic religions.
8 Towns in Judea:
45. *THE JEWISH
PROVINCES
Galilee
Samaria
Judea
*THE
NON-JEWISH
PROVINCES
Idumea
Decapolis
BETHLEHEM
Two accounts in the New
Testament describe Jesus as being born in
Bethlehem. According to the Gospel of
Luke, Jesus' parents lived in Nazareth and
travelled for the Census of Quirinius to
Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, after which
they returned home. The Gospel of
Matthew account implies that the family
already lived in Bethlehem and later fled to
Nazareth to escape persecution.
8 Towns in Judea:
49. *THE JEWISH
PROVINCES
Galilee
Samaria
Judea
*THE
NON-JEWISH
PROVINCES
Idumea
Decapolis
MASADA
-The top of the plateau is flat
and rhomboid-shaped, about 1,800 feet
(550 m) by 900 feet (270 m). There was
a casemate wall around the top of the
plateau totalling 4,300 feet (1.3 km) long
and 12 feet (3.7 m) high, with many
towers, and the fortress included
storehouses, barracks, an armory, the
palace, and cisterns that were refilled
by rainwater. Three narrow, winding paths
led from below up to fortified gates.
8 Towns in Judea:
54. Divided People
Sense of negative regionalism
Biases and attitude of the people
towards one another
Discriminating and dividing
the country
Unfair practice
55. Divided People
Sense of negative regionalism
Biases and attitude of the people
towards one another
Discriminating and dividing
the country
Unfair practice
56. Divided People
Sense of negative regionalism
Biases and attitude of the people
towards one another
Discriminating and dividing
the country
Unfair practice
57. Divided People
Sense of negative regionalism
Biases and attitude of the people
towards one another
Discriminating and dividing
the country
Unfair practice