Emily Dickinson Lexicon

Judea, proper n. [L. < Heb. j'hudah, praise.]

Jewish homeland; ancient kingdom named for Jacob's fourth son; territory of the Israelites after they returned from exile in Babylon; province in which Jesus Christ lived, taught, healed, died, and rose again from the dead; (see Luke 1:5); [fig.] place where much great suffering has taken place throughout history.