Land of Israel

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The Land of Israel (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: Éretz Yisra'él, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl, land of Jacob, later known as Israel) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious, and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine. The biblical limits of the Land of Israel are outlined in Ezekiel 47:13–20, and differ from the borders of established historical Israelite and later Jewish kingdoms, including the United Kingdom of Israel, the two kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah, the Hasmonean kingdom, and the Herodian kingdom. At their heights, these realms ruled lands with similar but not identical boundaries. Jewish communities living in the land after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem defined the term as where Jewish religious law prevailed and excluded territory where it was not applied. Though Land of Israel is not used as a phrase in the Torah, it is held that the area...

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