Where is Perea today?
The part of Judaea adjoining Syria is called Galilee, and that next to Arabia and Egypt Peraea. Peraea is covered with rugged mountains, and is separated from the other parts of Judaea by the river Jordan (in the original Latin: “Supra Idumaeam et Samariam Iudaea longe lateque funditur. Where is the land of Judea located?…