King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor : : A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography / / Aryeh Kasher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Kasher, Aryeh,
• MitwirkendeR: Gold, Karen,; Witztum, Eliezer,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums , 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (514 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Residues of Childhood in the Late --; Hasmonaean Period (73/72–63 BCE) --; Chapter 2. Adolescence in the Shadow of the Roman --; Conquest (63–42 BCE) --; Chapter 3. From the Utmost Depths to the Conquest --; of Jerusalem (41–37 BCE) --; Chapter 4. Herod in the First Year of His Reign (37 --; BCE) --; Chapter 5. Roots and Ramifications of the --; Hasmonaean Trauma (37–34 BCE) --; Chapter 6. Cleopatra VII’s Influence on Relations --; between Herod and Antony (34–31 BCE) --; Chapter 7. Elimination of Herod’s Hasmonaean Family --; Members (30–28 BCE) --; Chapter 8. Construction and Prosperity in the --; Shadow of Oppression (27–10 BCE) --; Chapter 9. Herod’s Address in Preparation for the --; Building of the Holy Temple (22/23 BCE) --; Chapter 10. Hidden Motivations for Building the --; Holy Temple: “Rivalry” with the Hasmonaeans and a Desire to Flaunt His --; Grandeur --; Chapter 11. Return to Daily Reality amid New --; Tensions (18–14 BCE) --; Chapter 12. A Turn for the Worse at Home and --; Continued Activity Abroad (14–10 BCE) --; Chapter 13. Further Deterioration in Herod’s Mental --; State and Worsening Relations with his Hasmonaean Sons (10–9 --; Chapter 14. A Downward Spiral at Home and Abroad --; (9–7 BCE) --; Chapter 15. Lead-Up to the Great Explosion (8–7 --; Chapter 16. The Tragic End of Alexander and --; Aristobulus (7 BCE) --; Chapter 17. Antipater’s Subversion in the Royal --; Court of Jerusalem (7–5 BCE) --; Chapter 18. The Bitter Fate of Antipater --; Chapter 19. Descent into Oblivion (4 BCE) --; Chapter 20. Post-Mortem --; Afterword --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110200874; 9783110238570; 9783110238549; 9783110638165; 9783110212129; 9783110212136; 9783110209280
• ISSN: 0585-5306
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110200874
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Aryeh Kasher.

The enigma of King Herod as a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant on one hand, and a great builder on the other. The contribution of a systematic modern psychologic study for unravel the contradictory historic mystery of the man and his deeds.