King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor
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King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor

A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography

  1. 534 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor

A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography

About this book

The enigma of King Herod as a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant on the one hand, and a great builder on the other is discussed in a systematic modern historical and psychological study. It seeks to unravel the contradictory historic mystery of the man and his deeds. After A. Schalit's König Herodes, this study is a new comprehensive, pioneering study on the intriguing personality of Herod, also using the insights of psychology. Herod's mental state reached an acute level, consistent with the DSM-IV diagnosis for "Paranoid Personality Disorder". He grew up with an ambiguous identity and suffered from feelings of inferiority. Haunted by persecutory delusions, he executed almost any suspect of treason, including his wife and three sons.

The Hebrew original text was Winner of the Ya'acov Bahat Prize for Non-Fiction Hebrew Literature for 2006.

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Yes, you can access King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor by Aryeh Kasher, Karen Gold in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Biblical Biography. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9783110189643
eBook ISBN
9783110200874
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Biography

Table of contents

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