Bible Dictionary: Syria: The Roman Province of, Included the Land of Canaan

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Nave's Topical Index

Luke 2:2,3
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Nave's Topical Index

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John the Baptist's Person and Preaching.
... part of the Roman province of Syria] tetrarch of ... The province laying about it is
mentioned because it ... position, their great wealth, and the Roman favor which ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xvii john the baptists person.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... Megiddo, the "Legio" of the Roman period, has ... oblong eminences which are so frequently
met with in Syria. ... not far from the Khabur or from the province of Aleppo ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... Uz, in fact, was a province of Edom; Edomite colonists ... As we go northwards into Syria
the Canaanitish element ... of northern Arabia transformed into Roman subjects ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Alexandria and Rome - the Jewish Communities in the Capitals of ...
... Ethiopia, and westward to, and beyond, the province of Cyrene ... In a similar spirit
the Roman authorities confirmed a ... the cities of Asia Minor and Syria which he ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v alexandria and rome.htm

The Historical Situation
... doubtless organized his army on the Roman pattern, with ... had jurisdiction only within
the province of Judea ... a revolt when the governor of Syria undertook to make ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/i the historical situation.htm

Editor's Preface
... ranges of the Taurus upon the Egyptian province of Northern ... looms the colossal figure
of the Roman Empire ... when he was occupied in conquering Syria and Palestine ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 1/editors preface.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... became one of the granaries of the Roman world, under ... title would probably be "father
of Syria," "father of ... the damage done to the whole province of Umliyash ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... applied in the Middle Ages to a province situated in ... country which was known in the
Graeco-Roman period by ... Khati at the expense of Egypt.** Syria continued to ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

Acts XVI
... the least detail of Paul's labors in Syria and Cilicia ... flesh;" and then, intending
to enter the province of Asia ... He knew what the penalty, under Roman law, for ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xvi.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... In the later Roman period it ... The history of Syria lies buried in such sites, and
is waiting only for ... of Jurjum, which was the name by which the province of the ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm