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Gaza (modern Gaza, Gaza Strip) is a city on the Mediterranean coast.

History

Gaza was, like Ascalon and Azotus, a very old Philistine settlement, often recorded in ancient Jewish sources. It was with Tyre the strongest fortress along the coast. It was besieged and conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. It was under Ptolemaic and then Seleucid rule. Alexander Jannaeus destroyed it around 96 BCE. Its reconstruction occurred in the Roman period (around 61 BCE) by Gabinius. The city was under the rule of Herod the Great but after his death it was annexed once more to the province of Syria. It was attacked and sacked during the Jewish War and resurrected as a Roman colony afterward.

Gaza in ancient sources

Acts of Apostles

Acts 8:26 -- Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.

Josephus, Jewish War

Josephus, Jewish Antiquities

Gaza in Scholarship

Gaza in Fiction

Related categories

External links

Wikipedia

References (articles)

Gaza / The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book / 2 (1979) 98-103

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 ==History==
-Gaza was a very old Phoenician settlement, often recorded in ancient Jewish sources. It was with Tyre the strongest fortress along the coast. It was besieged and conquered by [[Alexander the Great]] in 332 BCE. It was under Ptolemaic and then Seleucid rule. [[Alexander Jannaeus]] destroyed it around 96 BCE. Its reconstruction occurred in the Roman period (around 61 BCE) by [[Gabinius]]. The city was under the rule of [[Herod the Great]] but after his death it was annexed once more to the province of Syria. It was attacked and sacked during the [[Jewish War]] and resurrected as a Roman colony afterward.
+Gaza was, like [[Ascalon]] and [[Azotus]], a very old Philistine settlement, often recorded in ancient Jewish sources. It was with [[Tyre]] the strongest fortress along the coast. It was besieged and conquered by [[Alexander the Great]] in 332 BCE. It was under Ptolemaic and then Seleucid rule. [[Alexander Jannaeus]] destroyed it around 96 BCE. Its reconstruction occurred in the Roman period (around 61 BCE) by [[Gabinius]]. The city was under the rule of [[Herod the Great]] but after his death it was annexed once more to the province of Syria. It was attacked and sacked during the [[Jewish War]] and resurrected as a Roman colony afterward.
 ==Gaza in ancient sources==