Comment by culi
15 hours ago
Herodotus used the term Palaistine in his work The Histories in the 5th century BCE. The earliest written record of the word "Judea" is from extra-biblical writings from 733 BCE.
The most "official" designation was arguably when the Roman's designated Syria Palaestina in 135 CE
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