The true herod. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Geza Vermes.
• Authors: Vermes, Géza
• Contents: Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of illustrations; The main events of Roman history during Herod's age; Frontispiece; Prologue; Part One A bird's eye view of biblical history; 1 From King David to the start of the Hellenistic period; 2 From the arrival of Hellenization in Judaea to the outbreak of the Maccabaean uprising; 3 The Maccabee Trio: Judas -- Jonathan -- Simon; 4 The Hasmonaeans from John Hyrcanus to Mattathias Antigonus; John (Yohanan) Hyrcanus I (135-104 BCE). Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus I (104-103 BCE)Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonathan) (103-76 BCE); Salome (Shelamzion) Alexandra (76-67 BCE); Judas (Yehudah) Aristobulus II (67-63 BCE); John (Yehohanan) Hyrcanus II (63-40 BCE); Mattathiah (Mattathias) Antigonus (40-37 BCE); Part Two Herod the Great; Introduction; 5 Herod prior to his appointment as king (73/2-40 BCE); 6 Herod, king of the Jews (40-4 BCE); Herod consolidates his rule (37-25 BCE); Herod, the builder (25-13 BCE); Herod's decline (13-4 BCE); 7 Herod the Villain or Herod the Great?; The portrait of Herod; Herod's character. Evaluation of Herod's positive and negative achievementsHerod in literature and cinema; Part Three The descendants of Herod in the New Testament and Josephus; Introduction; 8 Herod Archelaus (4 BCE-6 CE); 9 Herod Antipas (4 BCE-39 CE); 10 Herod Philip (4 BCE-33/4 CE); 11 Herod Agrippa I (41-44 CE); 12 Herod of Chalcis (41-48 CE); 13 Herod Agrippa II (50-92/3 or 100 CE); Conclusion; Chronology of Herod's life and his successors; Notes; Bibliography; Image credits and copyrights; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (210 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 933.05092; Bibles; Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D; Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C; Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D; Palestine -- Antiquities, Roman; Jews; Classical history / classical civilisation; Religion -- Biblical Studies -- History & Culture; Religion -- Biblical Studies -- General; Religion -- Biblical Biography -- General; History -- Ancient -- General; Biblical studies & exegesis; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567488411; 0567488411; 9780567186577; 0567186571; 0567575446; 9780567575449; 9781306729833; 1306729831
• Related ISBNs: 9780567575449
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 29, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.