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| Title: Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans Type: Generic Year: 1996 Abstract: "Richardson describes Herod the Great (73.-4. B.C.) as a third-generation Jew who was attentive to his religion but also a Roman citizen and a Hellenist who shared the religious outlook of most Roman citizens. After some fictional obituaries about Herod, he presents a biographical study of him in thirteen chapters: in the end is the beginning (4 B.C.), family matters, from Idumea to Petra (to 64 B.C.), late Hellenism in the Near East, from Petra to Rome (64-60 B.C.), the kingdom, from Rome to Rhodes (40-30 B.C.), Herod's buildings, from Rhodes to Rome (30-17 B.C.), Herod and religion, from Rome to Jericho (17-4 B.C.), the Herods and Christianity, and ""the achievements of King Herod"" (4 B.C.)." Keywords: Jewish History: Roman Era |