[mountainlion]

Palestine was a name given to the area by a Cesar of Rome to the area to insult Israel by naming the area after the their enemies the Philistines. This happened after the Maccabees revolt long after Christ if memory serves me right.

[Polybius]

Palestine was a name given to the area by a Cesar of Rome to the area to insult Israel by naming the area after the their enemies the Philistines. This happened after the Maccabees revolt long after Christ if memory serves me right.

History Police:

The Maccabean Revolt was a revolt against the Seleucid Empire that occurred in 175 BC during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. The revolt led to Jewish independence and the Hasmonean Kingdom.

The Romans captured Jerusalem in 63 BC and Judaea then became a protectorate of Rome but was allowed to retain a king.

The named change referring to Palestine occurred after the Bar Kochba Revolt. (See Post 22)

[BIGLOOK]

Palestine was the Roman name for the general area.....

Glad you brought up the history of the name. Earlier it was Judah and later under the Herodian Dynasty it was Judea.

Jesus (or Joshua ben Josef) was a Judean.