The Life of Herod

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Josephus told Herod’s reign in the Jewish War and returned to it in the Antiquities of the Jews about eighteen years later. The accounts differ in scale, detail and judgement. Nicolaus of Damascus, the king’s court historian and advocate, is an important named source whose lost work raises questions that the surviving texts cannot always answer.

This life follows the reign through that comparison: the struggle for power, the Roman alliances, the buildings and the killings within the royal family. It asks where the accounts agree, where they differ, and how much their evidence can bear. A friendly early portrait and a hostile late one prove too simple a division.

Chapter receipts and source notes distinguish testimony from reconstruction. Coins, other ancient writers and the archaeology of Herodium widen the inquiry, while the epilogue examines the traditions that shaped the king’s later reputation.

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Publisher - Cedar Pine Editions

Language - English

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Published Date - 2026-11-06

ISBN - 9671456010083

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm

Page Count - 298

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