Herod : king of the Jews and friend of the Romans / Peter Richardson

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxv, 360 : maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330) and index. Contents; In the end is the beginning (4 BCE) -- Family matters -- From Idumaea to Petra (to 64 BCE) -- Late Hellenism in the Near East -- From Petra to Rome (64-40 BCE) -- The kingdom -- From Rome to Rhodes (40-30 BCE) -- Herod's buildings -- From Rhodes to Rome (30-17 BCE) -- Herod and religion -- From Rome to Jericho (17-4 BCE) -- The Herods and Christianity -- ""The achievements of King Herod"" (4 BCE). Subjects; Herod I, King of Judea 73 B.C.-4 B.C. Herod Agrippa I King of Judea. Jesus Christ.