Statement

Jews did not leave the region and may even have prospered: they built or refurbished impressive synagogues in over a hundred places, and the arrival of Christian pilgrims and immigrants may have helped their economy even as it outnumbered them. Christianity nonetheless came to dominate: there were churches everywhere, monasteries even in the Judean desert, and Jews became a minority. Christians would remain dominant there until the seventh century, when first the Sasanians and then the Muslims conquered the land.

References

1. p. 126

   supports · boxed feature · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Converting the Land of Israel Into the Christian Holy Land

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2. p. 126

   supports · boxed feature · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Converting the Land of Israel Into the Christian Holy Land

   Verification anchor recorded · checked against the page text