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Author Gelb, Norman.

Title Herod the Great : statesman, visionary, tyrant / Norman Gelb.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]
©2013

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B HEROD I KING G    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 209 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.
Contents Beginnings -- Road to Jerusalem -- Securing the throne -- New start -- Cultural divide -- Palace intrigue -- Crisis -- End Looms -- Closure -- Herod: the image -- Herod's heirs -- Other Herodians.
Summary Presents the life of the first century king of Judea, discussing many of the myths surrounding him and describing the achievements of his reign which transformed Judea into a stable, profitable state within the Roman empire.
Subject Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C.
Jews -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
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