Herod King Of The Jews And Fri »

This book provides a stunning look at the king who had an extraordinary impact on Roman-era Palestine. The author integrates historical, archaeological, and social analyses, writing with clarity and enthusiasm for his subject. The charts, maps and diagrams make this a very accessible tool for use in the classroom. Richardson portrays Herod in the complexity of his Judean and Roman frameworks.

Society of Biblical Literature - Rebecca Gray

...[A] portrait of Herod that is considerably richer and more generous than the standard one. The book makes an especially important contribution to the understanding of Herod s religious convictions, broadly conceived....In general, the book is a model of what can be achieved through careful integration of sources of various types, attention to detail and to historical context, and fair-minded interpretation. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the history of Jewish Palestine in the late Second-Temple period.