List of Jewish states and dynasties

This is a list of historical nations who had Judaism as their official religion. Not to be confused with a list necessarily about the Jewish people. Some practitioners of Judaism are not ethnic Jews.

Land of Israel

Twelve Tribes of Israel[1]
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) (1047 BCE-930 BCE)[2]
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (930 BCE-720 BCE)[3]
Kingdom of Judah (930 BCE-587 BCE)[4]
Hasmonean dynasty (140 BCE-37 BCE) (independent 110-63 BCE)[5]
Herodian dynasty (47 BCE-100 CE)
Judean provisional government (66-68 CE)
Israel (1948 CE-present)[6]

Jewish diaspora

Europe

Khazar Khaganate (740-969 CE)[7][8]
Arthur Zuckerman's purported Jewish Princedom in feudal France (768-900 CE), which may or may not have existed

Middle East

Anilai and Asinai ruled the area of Nehardea (18-33 CE)
Adiabene (c. 30-115 CE)
Mar-Zutra's kingdom in Mahoza (495-502 CE)
Himyarite Kingdom (390-525 CE)[9]
David Reubeni's purported 'Kingdom of Habor,' which may or may not have existed

Africa

Kingdom of Semien[10]
Queen Gudit's realm in Ethiopia

Asia

Jewish Autonomous Oblast (1934 CE-present), a semi-autonomous member of the Russian Federation

References

"From Judges to Monarchy".
Vaux, Roland De (March 25, 1997). Ancient Israel: Its Life and Instructions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802842787 – via Google Books.
"The Biblical Northern Kingdom Of Israel (Samaria)". WorldAtlas.
Pioske, Daniel (February 11, 2015). David's Jerusalem: Between Memory and History. Routledge. ISBN 9781317548911 – via Google Books.
Spiro, Rabbi Ken. "History Crash Course #29: Revolt of the Maccabees". aishcom.
Editors, History com. "State of Israel proclaimed". HISTORY.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
"Khazars". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
Brook, Kevin Alan (2018). The Jews of Khazaria (Third ed.). Lanham. ISBN 978-1-5381-0342-5. OCLC 1006532607.
David, Ariel (November 29, 2017). "Before Islam: When Saudi Arabia Was a Jewish Kingdom". Haaretz.
Steven Kaplan, The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia, p. 94

External links

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[1] "From Judges to Monarchy".

[2] Vaux, Roland De (March 25, 1997). Ancient Israel: Its Life and Instructions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802842787 – via Google Books.

[3] "The Biblical Northern Kingdom Of Israel (Samaria)". WorldAtlas.

[4] Pioske, Daniel (February 11, 2015). David's Jerusalem: Between Memory and History. Routledge. ISBN 9781317548911 – via Google Books.

[5] Spiro, Rabbi Ken. "History Crash Course #29: Revolt of the Maccabees". aishcom.

[6] Editors, History com. "State of Israel proclaimed". HISTORY.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[7] "Khazars". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.

[8] Brook, Kevin Alan (2018). The Jews of Khazaria (Third ed.). Lanham. ISBN 978-1-5381-0342-5. OCLC 1006532607.

[9] David, Ariel (November 29, 2017). "Before Islam: When Saudi Arabia Was a Jewish Kingdom". Haaretz.

[10] Steven Kaplan, The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia, p. 94