Early Judaism- A Comprehensive Overview

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Mediterranean

Sea

Sea of Galilee

Dead

Sea

Mt. Carmel

Mt. Ebal

Mt. Gerizim

Mt.

Hermon

Mt.

Olivet

J. Jarmuk

Mt. Tabor

Hazor

Tyre

Sidon

Abila

Damascus

Ptolemais

(Acco)

Dor

Megiddo

Nazareth

Sepphoris

Cana

Tiberias

Magdala

Gennesaret

Chorazin

Scythopolis

Salim?

Caesarea

(Strato’s Tower)

Sebaste

(Samaria)

Azotus

(Ashdod)

Joppa

Ashkelon

Gaza

Beer-sheba

Masada

Caesarea Philippi

Raphana

Bethsaida

Gergesa

Capernaum

Hippos

Gadara Abila

Pella

Dion

Amathus Gerasa

Alexandrium

Philadelphia

(Amman)

Jericho

Esbus (Heshbon)

Medeba

Machaerus

Malatha

Arad

Herodium

Hebron

Adora

Hyrcania

Bethany

Jamnia Emmaus

Sychar

Antipatris

(Aphek)

Nain

Raphia

Bethlehem

Jerusalem

Cyprus

Bethany

beyond

Jordan

0 10 20 30 Miles

0 10 20 30 Kilometers

Extent of Herod’s kingdom

Herodian fortress city

Decapolis city (time of Herod)

Other city

7. The Kingdom of Herod the Great

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