The true Herod

1. Verfasser: Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014.
Umfang/Format: xxvii, 181 p. : ill. (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • A bird's eye view of biblical history. From King David to the start of the Hellenistic period
  • From the arrival of Hellenization in Judaea to the outbreak of the Maccabaean uprising
  • The Maccabee trio: Judas, Jonathan, Simon
  • The Hasmonaeans from John Hyrcanus to Mattathias Antigonus
  • Herod the Great. Herod prior to his appointment as king (73/2-40 BCE)
  • Herod, king of the Jews (40-4 BCE)
  • Herod the villain or Herod the Great?
  • The descendants of Herod in the New Testament and Josephus. Herod Archelaus (4 BCE-6 CE)
  • Herod Antipas (4 BCE-39 CE)
  • Herod Philip (4 BCE-33/4 CE)
  • Herod Agrippa I (41-44 CE)
  • Herod of Chalcis (41-48 CE)
  • Herod Agrippa II (50-92/3 or 100 CE).