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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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 -- BCE) -- Chapter 14. A Downward Spiral at Home and Abroad -- (9–7 BCE) -- Chapter 15. Lead-Up to the Great Explosion (8–7 -- BCE) -- 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