Queen Berenice : : a Jewish female icon of the first century CE / / by Tal Ilan.

• Superior document: Studies in theology and religion ; Volume 29
• VerfasserIn: Ilan, Tal, 1956-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in theology and religion ; Volume 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 pages)

This is a biography of Queen Berenice, the daughter of King Agrippa I, sister of King Agrippa II, wife of two kings and lover of the emperor designate Flavius Titus. A Jew of the 1st century, she witnessed some of the foundational events of her time like the emergence of Christianity and the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, is. She met and socialized with the most important people of her day - Philo the Philosopher (who was at one time her brother-in-law), Paul the Apostle (whose trial she witnessed) and Josephus the Historian who told part of her story.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Tal Ilan -- Copyright page / Tal Ilan -- Dedication / Tal Ilan -- Acknowledgements / Tal Ilan -- Frontispiece / Tal Ilan -- Introduction / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 1 Methodology / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 2 Berenice's Foremothers: A Long Line of Hasmonean and Herodian Queens / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 3 Berenice's Early Years / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 4 The War with Rome 66-73 CE / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 5 Berenice in Rome / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 6 Berenice's End: Reception History and Fiction / Tal Ilan -- Chapter 7 Julia Crispina, Berenice's (Female) Descendant / Tal Ilan -- Two Conclusions / Tal Ilan -- Appendix / Tal Ilan -- Bibliography / Tal Ilan -- Index of Modern Authors / Tal Ilan -- Index of Subjects and Names / Tal Ilan -- Index of Sources / Tal Ilan.