Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xvii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. Residues of Childhood in the Late Hasmonaean Period (73/72–63 BCE) 18
8. Chapter 2. Adolescence in the Shadow of the Roman Conquest (63–42 BCE) 34
9. Chapter 3. From the Utmost Depths to the Conquest of Jerusalem (41–37 BCE) 57
10. Chapter 4. Herod in the First Year of His Reign (37 BCE) 84
11. Chapter 5. Roots and Ramifications of the Hasmonaean Trauma (37–34 BCE) 101
12. Chapter 6. Cleopatra VII’s Influence on Relations between Herod and Antony (34–31 BCE) 126
13. Chapter 7. Elimination of Herod’s Hasmonaean Family Members (30–28 BCE) 155
14. Chapter 8. Construction and Prosperity in the Shadow of Oppression (27–10 BCE) 181
15. Chapter 9. Herod’s Address in Preparation for the Building of the Holy Temple (22/23 BCE) 213
16. Chapter 10. Hidden Motivations for Building the Holy Temple: “Rivalry” with the Hasmonaeans and a Desire to Flaunt His Grandeur 225
17. Chapter 11. Return to Daily Reality amid New Tensions (18–14 BCE) 244
18. Chapter 12. A Turn for the Worse at Home and Continued Activity Abroad (14–10 BCE) 259
19. Chapter 13. Further Deterioration in Herod’s Mental State and Worsening Relations with his Hasmonaean Sons (10–9 BCE) 281
20. Chapter 14. A Downward Spiral at Home and Abroad (9–7 BCE) 305
21. Chapter 15. Lead-Up to the Great Explosion (8–7 BCE) 325
22. Chapter 16. The Tragic End of Alexander and Aristobulus (7 BCE) 340
23. Chapter 17. Antipater’s Subversion in the Royal Court of Jerusalem (7–5 BCE) 353
24. Chapter 18. The Bitter Fate of Antipater 372
25. Chapter 19. Descent into Oblivion (4 BCE) 384
26. Chapter 20. Post-Mortem 405
27. Afterword 410
28. Backmatter 424