The Many Faces of Herod the GreatWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 22 квіт. 2015 р. - 400 стор. An old, bloodthirsty tyrant hears from a group of Magi about the birth of the Messiah, king of the Jews. He vengefully sends his soldiers to Bethlehem with orders to kill all of the baby boys in the town in order to preserve his own throne. For most of the Western world, this is Herod the Great -- an icon of cruelty and evil, the epitome of a tyrant. Adam Kolman Marshak portrays Herod the Great quite differently, however, carefully drawing on historical, archaeological, and literary sources. Marshak shows how Herod successfully ruled over his turbulent kingdom by skillfully interacting with his various audiences -- Roman, Hellenistic, and Judaean -- in myriad ways. Herod was indeed a master in political self-presentation. Marshak's fascinating account chronicles how Herod moved from the bankrupt usurper he was at the beginning of his reign to a wealthy and powerful king who founded a dynasty and brought ancient Judaea to its greatest prominence and prosperity. |
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Rome and Its Client Kings | 3 |
Hellenistic Monarchy in the GraecoRoman World | 25 |
Herods Rise to Power 4742 bce | 75 |
Herod and Antony 4230 bce | 92 |
Herod the New Hasmonean | 110 |
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Herod the Hellenistic King in an Augustan World | 230 |
Herod Melekh HaYehudim | 278 |
Herod and the Temple | 312 |
The Political SelfPresentation | 335 |
A Recent Critique of My Chronology | 342 |
Did Herod Mint Silver Coinage? | 350 |
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Actium Agrippa Alexander Jannaeus ancient Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Antipatrids Antony Antony’s appear architectural argues Ariel Aristobulus army Augustus Augustus’s Baupolitik benefaction Bernett Building Program Caesar Caesarea Maritima century bce chronology claim Cleopatra client king coinage coins connection construction court courtiers cultural Cypros David Diaspora discussion Ehud Netzer elite especially Excavations fortress Galilee Gate Greek Hasmonean Hellenistic Hellenized Herod Herod’s Judaea Herod’s reign Herod’s Temple Herodian Dynasty high priest high priesthood honor Idumaean imperial important inscription Jacobson Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews John Hyrcanus Josephus Josephus’s Judaea king’s kingdom kingship Kokkinos legitimacy Lichtenberger Macc Maccabees Malichos Mariamme Masada Mediterranean Meshorer military minting Nabataean named Nicolaus non-Jewish Numismatic Octavian opus Palace Parthian patron period Phasael political possible Ptolemy rebuilding relationship Rocca Roman world Rome royal ruler Samaria Sebaste Seleucid self-presentation status stratēgos suggests symbol Syria Temple Mount theater throne tomb Tyre walls