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OverviewThe life of Herod the Great provides a remarkable record of public adventures and successes, and of private melodramas and disasters within his household. Yet there is so little known of the man outside of Christian scripture. Herod is the subject of much misunderstanding and confusion, some deserved and some not. He stands in a no-manas land between the Jewish faith and the corrupting influences of the Greco-Roman civilization imposed upon Israel. For forty years, Herod walked a difficult and precarious political tightrope between his Roman masters and Jewish authority. He had to be enough of a Jew to retain control of his kingdom, and enough of a pro-Roman despot to preserve the confidence of Emperor Augustus. He made Palestine a large and prosperous country, but he also thought of himself as the promised Messiah. Herodas paranoia set the stage for the Slaughter of the Innocents described in the Gospel of Matthew. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chester G HearnPublisher: America Star Books Imprint: America Star Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.141kg ISBN: 9781592868063ISBN 10: 1592868061 Pages: 88 Publication Date: 07 November 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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