{"product_id":"9780300228410","title":"Herod the Great : Jewish King in a Roman World by Martin Goodman","description":"A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution ? \"Herod the Great is typical of Yale's Jewish Lives series: short, clear, deeply knowledgeable, deeply illuminating.\"-Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal ? \"Entertaining, outrageous and lurid as well as scholarly, authoritative and relevant.\"-Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Times (UK) ? 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.    ? 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\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232780431733,"sku":"9780300228410","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780300228410.jpg?v=1762277741","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780300228410","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}