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Author: Robert Bohler, Jr.
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Languages : en
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Herod the Great is a person of mystery. In an awful act of violence, he ordered the murder of the children in Bethlehem in an attempt to eliminate the child Jesus. This act of violence would characterize a life that used its power for many evil purposes. Yet Herod the Great was also brilliant, courageous, handsome, athletic, and charming. Particularly in his youth, he was a force to be reckoned with who won his kingdom by the strength of his courage and will. Herod will also live in one of the most interesting times in the history of the ancient world. He will personally know Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Caesar Augustus. He will be seduced by the famous Cleopatra but the one of the few who resisted her advances. His enemies said of him, "He stole the throne like a fox, ruled like a tiger, and died like a dog." Whatever else we can say about the life of Herod the Great, it was absolutely fascinating. It is this remarkable life that we explore in this book.
Author: Robert Bohler, Jr.
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Languages : en
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Herod the Great is a person of mystery. In an awful act of violence, he ordered the murder of the children in Bethlehem in an attempt to eliminate the child Jesus. This act of violence would characterize a life that used its power for many evil purposes. Yet Herod the Great was also brilliant, courageous, handsome, athletic, and charming. Particularly in his youth, he was a force to be reckoned with who won his kingdom by the strength of his courage and will. Herod will also live in one of the most interesting times in the history of the ancient world. He will personally know Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Caesar Augustus. He will be seduced by the famous Cleopatra but the one of the few who resisted her advances. His enemies said of him, "He stole the throne like a fox, ruled like a tiger, and died like a dog." Whatever else we can say about the life of Herod the Great, it was absolutely fascinating. It is this remarkable life that we explore in this book.
Author: Jerry Knoblet
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761830870
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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This extraordinary book explores the personal history of Herod the Great. It considers Herod's life in the context of his relationship with the Jewish people and the Gospel account of Jesus Christ. A "great" man, Herod was a political genius who quickly turned the worst of situations into the greatest of opportunities. He rose above every situation that challenged him, even at his darkest hour. Nevertheless, Herod was beset with significant character flaws. His lust for power overwhelmed his sense of morality. Herod the Great measures the true nature of "greatness" upon the human psyche.
Author: Norman Gelb
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ISBN: 9780810895256
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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While many people are familiar with King Herod's famous (or infamous) mention in the Bible, his life touches on many compelling stories of the ancient world--from Antony and Cleopatra to the Olympics, and from aqueducts to executions. From his early life as an Arab who became King of the Jews to the mass executions he ordered at the time of his death, Herod the Great chronicles the fascinating life of this complicated figure.
Author: Martin Goodman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300277288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution 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.
Author: Michael Grant
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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The Herod of popular tradition is the tyrannical King of Judaea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents and died a terrible death in 4 BC as the judgment of God. But this biography paints a much more complex picture of this contemporary of Mark Antony, Cleopatra, and the Emperor Augustus. Herod devoted his life to the task of keeping the Jews prosperous and racially intact. To judge by the two disastrous Jewish rebellions that occurred within a hundred and fifty years of his death -- those the Jews called the First and Second Roman Wars -- he was not, in the long run, completely successful. For forty years Herod walked the most precarious of political tightropes. For he had to be enough of a Jew to retain control of his Jewish subjects, and enough of a pro-Roman to preserve the confidence of Rome, within whose territory his kingdom fell. For more than a quarter of a century he was one of the chief bulwarks of Augustus' empire in the east. He made Judaea a large and prosperous country. He founded cities and built public works on a scale never seen before: of these, recently excavated Masada is a spectacular example. And he did all this in spite of a continuous undercurrent of protest and underground resistance. The numerous illustrations presents portraits and coins, buildings and articles of everyday use, landscapes and fortresses, and subsequent generations' interpretations of the more famous events, actual and mythical, of Herod's career.
Author: Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544874562
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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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*Includes pictures *Includes Gospel accounts of the history *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Herod is one of the more well-known characters of the Bible, as even those with a limited knowledge of the Bible will recognize the name and maybe have some idea of who Herod was. One of the most popular stories, known even to non-Christians, is "Herod's slaying of the Innocents," a gruesome part of the Christmas story. Others who may know a little bit more about the Bible will know of the accounts of Herod and John the Baptist, Herod and Jesus, Herod who was eaten by worms and maybe even Herod and Paul. Although Herod doesn't appear in the Bible very often, it is at critical junctures in New Testament history that readers come across the name, and a casual reader of the Bible might incorrectly assume that each time the name "Herod" is mentioned, the Bible is referring to the same person. In fact, there were actually six different people in the New Testament who were part of this dynasty of "Herods." From before the birth of Christ until the destruction of Jerusalem, the Herodian Dynasty was the ruling family in Palestine. The family of Herod came from Idumea, so they were considered by some Jews to not be qualified to sit on the throne of David in Jerusalem. However, the close connections of the family with the current Roman emperors and those who were to become emperors kept them in power for almost 100 years. The dynasty started with a celebrated war hero and ended with strong rumors of an incestuous relationship between brother and sister. The power struggles among the aristocracy and the discontent of the populace also characterized the political scene behind the events of New Testament Palestine. The Kingdom of Herod the Great: The History of the Herodian Dynasty in Ancient Israel During the Life of Jesus looks at the life and dynasty of the Judean client king through both Scripture and historical analysis. Along with pictures and a bibliography, you will learn about Herod the Great's dynasty like never before, in no time at all.
Author: Stewart Perowne
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750932738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Rather than depicting Herod as the merciless author of the Massacre of the Innocents, this work shows him to be a giant of a man who has many claims to greatness: as the protector of his people, as a soldier and diplomat and as a builder of cities throughout Palestine and the Temple at Jerusalem.
Author: Gerard Gertoux
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329698169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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The traditional date of 4 BCE for Herod's death, as set forth by E. Schurer (1896), has been accepted by historians for years without notable controversy. However, according to the texts of Luke and Matthew, Herod died shortly after Jesus' birth, which can be fixed in 2 BCE. Consequently, there is apparently a major chronological contradiction, however Josephus gives a dozen synchronisms that enable us to date his death on 26 January 1 BCE just after a total lunar eclipse (9 January 1 BCE) prior to the Passover. Two important events confirm the dating of Herod's death: the 'census of Quirinius' in Syria which was a part of the 'Inventory of the world' ordered by Augustus when he became 'Father of the Country' in 2 BCE and the 'war of Varus' after Herod's death conducted under the auspices of Caius Caesar, the imperial legate of the East, and dated during the year of his consulship in 1 CE."
Author: Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Author: Werner Sombart
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Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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