Life of Herod

Drawn from the Jewish Antiquities of Flavius Josephus, written in the first century, this narrative follows Herod the Great from his rise under Roman patronage through his long, violent rule in Judaea. Josephus recounts Herod's wars, his dependence on Antony and then Octavian, the building of cities and the Temple, and the succession of family crises in which wives, sons, and Hasmonean rivals are accused and destroyed. Court intrigue, Idumaean origins, and the demands of Rome shape the portrait. The work is a political biography extracted from a larger national history, not a gospel harmony or a modern psychological study.

Bound in gilt pattern blocked black cloth. Red slipcase.