The many faces of Herod the Great /
Adam Kolman Marshak.
- xxix, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cultural and intellectual milieu. Rome and its client kings ; Hellenistic monarchy in the Graeco-Roman world ; Judaean history from the Maccabees to Herod -- From Hasmonean to Antonian. Herod's rise to power (47-42 BCE) ; Herod and Antony (42-30 BCE) ; Herod the new Hasmonean -- Client king in an Augustan world. Herod the Augustan client king ; Bringing Judaea into the Roman sphere : Herod and Romanization ; Herod the Hellenistic king in an Augustan world ; Herod, Melekh HaYehudim ; Herod and the temple -- Conclusion : the political self-presentation of Herod the great.