the books of maccabees and the gospels refer to the land and nation as israel throughout this period and the term is still used in acts the hasmonean kingdom was certainly not called judaea as this ia a latinized name and the hasmoneans are prior to the roman period similarly as explained in the article it was only after herod the great that the roman expanded the usage of their term judaea to include more or less the entire region that herod had ruled maccabees and the nt are the primary sources referring to the land and nation as israel for a modern academic publication secondary source see for example king herod a persecuted persecutor a case study in psychohistory and psychobiography by aryeh kasher eliezer witztum walter de gruyter where herod is clearly referred to as king of israel and e g a survey of israel's history by leon james wood david o'brien zondervan which refers to the hasmonean ruling over israel or say the holocaust roots history and aftermath david crowe westview press which similarly speaks of hasmonean israel