Difference between revisions of "Perea"

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-*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Perea (subject)]]
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-'''Perea''' was a Jewish region "across the Jordan River."
-==Overview==
-After the Babylonian exile, the territories beyond the Jordan" were in the hands of the [[Tobiads]], until the 2nd cent. BCE when the power of the [[Nabateans]] arose in the region.
-As a Jewish district, [[Perea]] was born around 120 BCE when [[John Hyrcanus]] conquered some territories "beyond the Jordan" and forcibly converted its inhabitants to Judaism. The territory was secured with the construction of the fortress of [[Machaerus]].
-Perea was part of the kingdom of [[Herod the Great]]. After his death in 4 BCE, it was assigned to [[Herod Antipas]], tetrarch of [[Galilee]] and [[Perea]].
-Perea was the area of the activity of [[John the Baptist]], who baptized on the Jordan River and was executed at [[Machaerus]]. [[Jesus]] also preached in [[Perea]] on his way from [[Galilee]] to [[Jerusalem]].
-Perea was later ruled by [[Agrippa I]]. When he died in 44 CE, the region was annexed into the Roman province of Judea.
-==Perea in ancient sources==
-*See [[Perea (sources)]]
-==Perea in scholarship==
-==Perea in literature and the arts==
-==References==
-==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Wikipedia]
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