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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]] ("the country beyond") was born around 120 BCE when [[John Hyrcanus]] conquered some territories across the Jordan and forcibly converted its inhabitants to Judaism. The territory was secured by [[Alexander Jannaeus]] 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 his son [[Herod Antipas]], as tetrarch of [[Galilee]] and [[Perea]].
 
Perea was the area of activity of [[John the Baptist]], who baptized on the Jordan River at "Bethany across the Jordan" (John 1:28; cf. 3:26; 10:40) and was imprisoned and executed at [[Machaerus]] by [[Herod Antipas]]. [[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.
 
When the [[Gospel of Matthew]] says that [[John the Baptist]] preached "in the wilderness of Judea" (3:1), and refers to Perea as "the region of Judea beyond the Jordan" (19:1), it anachronistically applies to the time of Jesus the situation ''after'' the death of [[Agrippa I]].
 
==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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