
Jewish Background to the New Testament
... 42 – appointed joint Tetrarch with brother Phasael 40 – Phasael killed by invading Parthians, Herod flees to Rome 40 – Roman senate appoints him King of the Jews. 37 – Herod reconquers Jerusalem. 31 – Throne insecure till death of Antony & Cleopatra ...
... 42 – appointed joint Tetrarch with brother Phasael 40 – Phasael killed by invading Parthians, Herod flees to Rome 40 – Roman senate appoints him King of the Jews. 37 – Herod reconquers Jerusalem. 31 – Throne insecure till death of Antony & Cleopatra ...
Augustus - Rocky Mountain Christian Institute
... Theme: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. The Gospel of Power for the Roman. Mark is the son of Mary, a Christian Jewess (Acts 12:12). Because of the many Jewish questions it leaves untouched, the Jew would not have been greatly impressed by Mark's presentation of Jesus' claims. This Gospel was not ...
... Theme: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. The Gospel of Power for the Roman. Mark is the son of Mary, a Christian Jewess (Acts 12:12). Because of the many Jewish questions it leaves untouched, the Jew would not have been greatly impressed by Mark's presentation of Jesus' claims. This Gospel was not ...
New Testament History - Rocky Mountain Christian
... Theme: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. The Gospel of Power for the Roman. Mark is the son of Mary, a Christian Jewess (Acts 12:12). Because of the many Jewish questions it leaves untouched, the Jew would not have been greatly impressed by Mark's presentation of Jesus' claims. This Gospel was not ...
... Theme: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. The Gospel of Power for the Roman. Mark is the son of Mary, a Christian Jewess (Acts 12:12). Because of the many Jewish questions it leaves untouched, the Jew would not have been greatly impressed by Mark's presentation of Jesus' claims. This Gospel was not ...
The Holy Land Then and Now
... theater, a hippodrome for chariot races (like in the movie Ben Hur), bath houses, and a huge temple dedicated to the Roman god-emperor, Augustus Caesar. Herod's Temple The most ambitious of Herod's projects was the re-building of the Temple, which was almost certainly an attempt to gain popularity a ...
... theater, a hippodrome for chariot races (like in the movie Ben Hur), bath houses, and a huge temple dedicated to the Roman god-emperor, Augustus Caesar. Herod's Temple The most ambitious of Herod's projects was the re-building of the Temple, which was almost certainly an attempt to gain popularity a ...
Herod the Great

Herod (/ˈhɛrəd/; Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos, Greek: Ἡρῴδης, Hērōdēs; 74/73 BCE – 4 BCE), also known as Herod the Great and Herod I, was a Roman client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He has been described as ""a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis"", ""the evil genius of the Judean nation"", ""prepared to commit any crime in order to gratify his unbounded ambition"", and ""the greatest builder in Jewish history"". He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (Herod's Temple), the construction of the port at Caesarea Maritima, the fortress at Masada and Herodium.Vital details of his life are recorded in the works of the 1st century CE Roman–Jewish historian Josephus. Herod also appears in the Christian New Testament as the ruler of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus, who orders the Massacre of the Innocents.Upon Herod's death, the Romans divided his kingdom among three of his sons and his sister—Archelaus became ethnarch of the tetrarchy of Judea, Herod Antipas became tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, Philip became tetrarch of territories east of the Jordan, and Salome I was given a toparchy including the cities of Jabneh, Ashdod, Phasaelis.