Idoumaia

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Idoumaia is the ancient Greek name for Idumea, a historical region south of Judea inhabited by the Edomites and later incorporated into the Hasmonean and Roman realms.

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Idoumaia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographic region
historical region
associatedPeople Edomites
linked to: Edom

Idumeans
borderedBy Judea
Negev Desert
linked to: Negev desert
conqueredBy John Hyrcanus
linked to: John Hyrcanus I
ethnonymDerivedFrom Edom
hasNameInGreek Ἰδουμαία
HerodTheGreatOrigin Idumean descent
historicalReligion Edomite polytheism
incorporatedInto Hasmonean Kingdom
linked to: Hasmonean dynasty

Roman Empire
inhabitedBy Edomites
linked to: Edom
languageContext Ancient Greek
laterReligion Judaism
latinizedForm Idumaea
linked to: Idumea
locatedSouthOf Judea
mentionedIn Josephus writings
New Testament
modernApproximateLocation southern Israel
southwestern Jordan
notableAssociatedFigure Herod the Great
partOf Southern Levant
linked to: Levant region

ancient Palestine
linked to: historic Palestine
politicalStatusUnderRome part of the Roman province of Judea
refersTo Idumea
regionType borderland between Judea and Nabatea
religiousContext Second Temple Judaism
timePeriod Hellenistic period
Roman period

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Idumea greekName Idoumaia