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LeopoldBloom · M
He wasn't a Palestinian Arab, as that nationality didn't exist at that time.
Also, the Romans didn't give the area the name Syria Palaestina until a century after Jesus' death. If you'd have called him a Palestinian, he would have associated that with the Philistines (a Greek people unrelated to Palestinian Arabs) and would have been insulted. It would be like calling a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland an English Protestant.
Also, the Romans didn't give the area the name Syria Palaestina until a century after Jesus' death. If you'd have called him a Palestinian, he would have associated that with the Philistines (a Greek people unrelated to Palestinian Arabs) and would have been insulted. It would be like calling a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland an English Protestant.
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@LeopoldBloom seems like palestine did exist at the time
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesus/Jewish-Palestine-at-the-time-of-Jesus
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesus/Jewish-Palestine-at-the-time-of-Jesus