King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor

Frontmatter;12;Table of Contents;53;Foreword;114;Preface;175;Acknowledgments;196;Introduction;217;Chapter 1. Residues of Childhood in the Late Hasmonaean Period (73/72–63 BCE);388;Chapter 2. Adolescence in the Shadow of the Roman Conquest (63–42 BCE);549;Chapter 3. From the Utmost Depths to the Conquest of Jerusalem (41–37 BCE);7710;Chapter 4. Herod in the First Year of His Reign (37 BCE);10411;Chapter 5. Roots and Ramifications of the Hasmonaean Trauma (37–34 BCE);12112;Chapter 6. Cleopatra VII’s Influence on Relations between Herod and Antony (34–31 BCE);14613;Chapter 7. Elimination of Herod’s Hasmonaean Family Members (30–28 BCE);17514;Chapter 8. Construction and Prosperity in the Shadow of Oppression (27–10 BCE);20115;Chapter 9. Herod’s Address in Preparation for the Building of the Holy Temple (22/23 BCE);23316;Chapter 10. Hidden Motivations for Building the Holy Temple: “Rivalry” with the Hasmonaeans and a Desire to Flaunt His Grandeur;24517;Chapter 11. Return to Daily Reality amid New Tensions (18–14 BCE);26418;Chapter 12. A Turn for the Worse at Home and Continued Activity Abroad (14–10 BCE);27919;Chapter 13. Further Deterioration in Herod’s Mental State and Worsening Relations with his Hasmonaean Sons (10–9 BCE);30120;Chapter 14. A Downward Spiral at Home and Abroad (9–7 BCE);32521;Chapter 15. Lead-Up to the Great Explosion (8–7 BCE);34522;Chapter 16. The Tragic End of Alexander and Aristobulus (7 BCE);36023;Chapter 17. Antipater’s Subversion in the Royal Court of Jerusalem (7–5 BCE);37324;Chapter 18. The Bitter Fate of Antipater;39225;Chapter 19. Descent into Oblivion (4 BCE);40426;Chapter 20. Post-Mortem;42527;Afterword;43028;Backmatter