{"product_id":"herod-the-great-jewish-king-in-a-roman-world-9780300228410","title":"Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eHerod the Great\u003c\/i\u003e is typical of Yale's Jewish Lives series: short, clear, deeply knowledgeable, deeply illuminating.\"--Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Entertaining, outrageous and lurid as well as scholarly, authoritative and relevant.\"--Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Times (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Herod the Great (73-4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed myths about his cruelty and rashness: in Christian tradition he was cast as the tyrant who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents; in the Talmud, despite fond memories of his glorious Temple in Jerusalem, he was recalled as a persecutor of rabbis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The life of Herod is better documented than that of any other Jew from antiquity, and Martin Goodman examines the extensive literary and archaeological evidence to provide a vivid portrait of Herod in his sociopolitical context: his Idumaean origins, his installation by Rome as king of Judaea and cultivation of leading Romans, his massive architectural projects, and his presentation of himself as a Jew, most strikingly through the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple. Goodman argues that later stories depicting Herod as a monster derived from public interest in his execution of three of his sons after dramatic public trials foisted on him by a dynastic policy imposed by the Roman emperor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e is emeritus professor of Jewish studies at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. His numerous books include \u003ci\u003eA History of Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Josephus's The Jewish War: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oxford, UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610104664338,"sku":"9780300228410","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_97447b73-eec6-48de-863e-513401d0ca23.jpg?v=1732333729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/herod-the-great-jewish-king-in-a-roman-world-9780300228410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}