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King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor : A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography / Aryeh Kasher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums ; 36Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2008]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (514 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110189643
  • 9783110200874
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 933/.05092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • DS122.3 .K2613 2007eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
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
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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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