King Herod [[electronic resource] ] : a persecuted persecutor : a case study in psychohistory and psychobiography / / by Aryeh Kasher in collaboration with Eliezer Witztum ; translated by Karen Gold

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454355303321
• Autore: Kasher Aryeh
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter De Gruyter, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-19520-4; 9786612195204; 3-11-020087-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (535 p.)
• Collana: Studia Judaica ; ; Bd. 36
• Altri autori (Persone): WitztumEliezer
• Disciplina: 933/.05092; B
• Soggetti: Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-502) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.