Herod the Great: Jewish king in a Roman world
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| Summary: | No detailed description available for "Herod the Great". Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Maps -- Prologue: A Jewish Life? -- 1. A World in Turmoil -- 2. Overcoming Obstacles -- 3. A Roman Kingdom -- 4. Ruling as a Jew -- 5. A Family Tragedy -- Epilogue: From History to Myth -- Appendix: Josephus's Two Narratives -- Chronology -- Genealogies -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- A bout The Aothur. "Herod the Great (73?4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed myths about his cruelty and rashness: in Christian tradition he was cast as the tyrant who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents; in the Talmud, despite fond memories of his glorious Temple in Jerusalem, he was recalled as a persecutor of rabbis. The life of Herod is better documented than that of any other Jew from antiquity, and Martin Goodman examines the extensive literary and archaeological evidence to provide a vivid portrait of Herod in his sociopolitical context: his Idumaean origins, his installation by Rome as king of Judaea and cultivation of leading Romans, his massive architectural projects, and his presentation of himself as a Jew, most strikingly through the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple. Goodman argues that later stories depicting Herod as a monster derived from public interest in his execution of three of his sons after dramatic public trials foisted on him by a dynastic policy imposed by the Roman emperor." -- book jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-27728-9 |
