Word: judea
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little church, with its severe, varnished interior, its six plain glass windows, its 17 pews, was jammed, as always, with Americans and their children in their Sunday best. The tall, 68-year-old pastor took his text from Matthew 2:1: "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem . . ." The minister laid down his Testament, and began his sermon...
Cried Sharpe: "There are no finer people than those in [Howell's district]. Why, there's a church every three miles and they all keep their graveyards clean." He told off Goldwasser. "That roaring lion from Judea is a disgrace to the Jewish race. He wouldn't even make catfish bait in the Altamaha River...
...recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, but gypsy legend claims that when Mary Magdalene, Mary Salome and Mary the mother of James the Less fled persecution in Judea and crossed the Mediterranean, a gypsy called Sarah received them and became their servant...
...rich, it was Posada time, the season of Mexico's traditional pre-Christmas parties, when visitors go from house to house bearing lighted candles and singing the traditional words that ask shelter for the holy figures. The hosts sing an answer, saying, like the innkeeper of ancient Judea, that all the beds are taken. The ritual over, everyone troops inside for food & drink...
...news of the U.N. vote reached Tel Aviv, cheering crowds danced the traditional hora. In Jerusalem and Haifa, jubilant thousands paraded the streets waving the blue & white Zionist flag. Even British Tommies joined in the fun. Jews began debating the name for their promised state. Most likely choice: New Judea, although ironically the tentative borders (see map) exclude from Jewish control most of ancient Judea...