Herod the Great
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Websites
King Herod the Great
www.livius.org/he-hg/herodians/herod_the_great01.html
Interesting article from the impressive Livius website, although the Dutch author’s English is a bit stilted. Good maps of early Judaea and Herod’s kingdom.
The Works of Flavius Josephus
www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/josephus/
josephus.htm
A translation by William Whiston of The Jewish Antiquities and The Jewish War.
Cleopatra
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/
rome/cleopatra.html
Comprehensive biography of one of the world’s most enigmatic characters. Her story provides the background for the events in Judaea during Herod’s rule.
Books
Herod: King of the Jews and friend of the Romans by Peter Richardson (Augsburg Fortress, 1999)
Insight into the personality of the man who served as the most prominent member of the substantial Herodian family and whose rule shaped the world in which the Christian faith arose.
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The Life and Times of Herod the Great by Stewart Perowne (Sutton, 1956, new edition 2003)
Rather than depicting Herod as the merciless author of the ‘slaughter of the innocents’, Perowne shows him to have been a giant of a man with many claims to greatness: as the protector of his people, as a soldier and diplomat and as the passionate builder of cities throughout Palestine and the magnificent Temple at Jerusalem.
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The Building Program of Herod the Great by Duane W Roller (University of California Press, 1998)
Systematically presents and discusses all the building projects known to have been initiated by Herod, and locates this material in a broad and cultural context.
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