King Herod : a persecuted persecutor : a case study in psychohistory and psychobiography / by Aryeh Kasher in collaboration with Eliezer Witztum ; translated by Karen Gold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kasher, Aryeh.

Contributor:

Witztum, Eliezer.

Series:

Studia Judaica

Studia Judaica ; Bd. 36

Standardized Title:

Hordus. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C.

Herod.

Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (535 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The enigma of King Herod as a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant on one hand, and a great builder on the other. The contribution of a systematic modern psychologic study for unravel the contradictory historic mystery of the man and his deeds.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Residues of Childhood in the Late Hasmonaean Period (73/72-63 BCE)

Chapter 2. Adolescence in the Shadow of the Roman Conquest (63-42 BCE)

Chapter 3. From the Utmost Depths to the Conquest of Jerusalem (41-37 BCE)

Chapter 4. Herod in the First Year of His Reign (37 BCE)

Chapter 5. Roots and Ramifications of the Hasmonaean Trauma (37-34 BCE)

Chapter 6. Cleopatra VII's Influence on Relations between Herod and Antony (34-31 BCE)

Chapter 7. Elimination of Herod's Hasmonaean Family Members (30-28 BCE)

Chapter 8. Construction and Prosperity in the Shadow of Oppression (27-10 BCE)

Chapter 9. Herod's Address in Preparation for the Building of the Holy Temple (22/23 BCE)

Chapter 10. Hidden Motivations for Building the Holy Temple: "Rivalry" with the Hasmonaeans and a Desire to Flaunt His Grandeur

Chapter 11. Return to Daily Reality amid New Tensions (18-14 BCE)

Chapter 12. A Turn for the Worse at Home and Continued Activity Abroad (14-10 BCE)

Chapter 13. Further Deterioration in Herod's Mental State and Worsening Relations with his Hasmonaean Sons (10-9 BCE)

Chapter 14. A Downward Spiral at Home and Abroad (9-7 BCE)

Chapter 15. Lead-Up to the Great Explosion (8-7 BCE)

Chapter 16. The Tragic End of Alexander and Aristobulus (7 BCE)

Chapter 17. Antipater's Subversion in the Royal Court of Jerusalem (7-5 BCE)

Chapter 18. The Bitter Fate of Antipater

Chapter 19. Descent into Oblivion (4 BCE)

Chapter 20. Post-Mortem

Afterword

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-502) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612195204

9781282195202

1282195204

9783110200874

3110200872

OCLC:

476197178