--- In [email protected], "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > The Greek form Palaistinêi from which English "Palestine" is > > ultimately derived, was first used in the 5th century BCE by > > Herodotus who wrote of the "district of Syria, called Palaistinê > i". > > The boundaries of the area he referred to were not explicitly > > stated, but Josephus used the name only for Philistia. Ptolemy > also > > used the term. In Latin, Pliny wrote of a region of Syria that > > was "formerly called Palaestina" when describing the eastern coast > > of the Mediterranean. > > > > Roman times > > As a result of the First Jewish-Roman War (6673), Titus sacked > > Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple, leaving only the > Western > > Wall. In 135, following the fall of a Jewish revolt led by Bar > > Kokhba in 132135, the Roman emperor Hadrian expelled most Jews > from > > Judea, leaving large Jewish populations in Samaria and the > Galilee. > > He also changed the name of the Roman province of Judea (Israel) > to > > Syria Palaestina named after the Philistines as an insult to the > now > > conquered Jews. In what was considered a form of psychological > > warfare, the Romans also tried to change the name of Jerusalem to > > Aelia Capitolina, but that had less staying power. Over time the > > name Syria Palaestina was shortened to Palaestina, which by then > had > > become an administrative political unit within the Roman Empire. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine#History > > It's obvious you don't understand what you are reading. > > why do you think you read about the Jews and the Greeks and > not the Palestinians... ? > > The Roman destroyed the Second Temple that belonged to the Jews. > and trying to change the name of the land in order to steal it from > the Jews.>>>
So it belongs to the Italians now?! The Jews were a tiny nation among the region and people that they called the Philistines --- from whence comes the name "Palestine" Get an education...and not from the baptist childrens bible please. OffWorld ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
