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The Herods : murder, politics, and the art of succession / Bruce Chilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chilton, Bruce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herodian dynasty, 37 B.C.-ca. 100 A.D.
- Herodian dynasty.
- Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C.
- Herod.
- Herod Agrippa I, King of Judea, 10 B.C.-44 A.D.
- Herod Agrippa.
- Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee.
- Herod Antipas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Antipater
- Setting
- The Maccabees
- The Essenes
- Antipater in the Maccabean Hegemony
- 2. Herod's Debut
- Caesar and Antipater in the Conquest of Egypt
- Caesar's Man in Judea
- Jerusalem, Religious Politics, and the Sanhedrin
- Herod's Campaign in Galilee
- Hybris
- 3. King Herod
- Death, Revenge, and the Parthian Threat
- Theoretical Monarch
- King of the Jews
- 4. Mariamme
- Marital and Priestly Strategies
- Cleopatra
- Octavian and the Imperial Transition
- A Time to Build and a Time to Tear Down
- 5. Archelaus
- Archelaus's Play for Power
- Imperial Intervention
- The End of Archelaus and the Sadducees' Opportunity
- 6. Antipas, Herodias, and Philip
- Salvaging the Dynasty: Antipas and Philip
- Antipas's Tiberian Breakout
- Executing John the Baptist
- Pontius Pilate, Jesus, and Antipas's Ambitions
- 7. Agrippa I
- Agrippa's Revenge
- The Edict of Caligula
- The Claudian Settlement and Agrippa's Glory
- After Agrippa
- 8. Bereniké and Agrippa II
- The Queen
- The Neronian Opportunity, Confrontations in Jerusalem
- Open War
- Defeat and the Last Herodian Meteorite
- Epilogue
- Chronology
- Dramatis personae
- Notes
- Bibliography of Sources
- Index of Historical Figures
- Index of Scholars
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781506474298
- 1506474292
- Publisher Number:
- 40030661666
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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