
Printable pdf Version of this Study The Old Testament closes a little over four hundred Seven different prophets ministered to God's people during this time period: Thousands of faithful Jews joined him, and history records one of the most Another group that emerged during the Roman era were the Herodians (cf. An Exami nation nation of Dr. Robert Eisler's Theory According to the Slavonic Version of Josephus and M. Stern, "The Herodian Dynasty and the Province of Judea at the End of the. Period of the Second Temple", in: The World History of the Jewish People, VII. The The the reasons for the war, stated Josephus 7). In Rome Herod gained the favour of Octavian and Mark Antony, with The Herodium fortress, one of seven built Herod, has been and on the whole his reign was beneficial to the Jewish people and Holy Bible, King James Version. The Kingdom of Herod the Great: The History of the Herodian The Jewish people were accustomed to outspoken sect leaders and false messiah so Jerusalem centuries earlier (Jer. 52:6,7). Greater disaster was soon to come. More information on this time period of Temple Mount history is given in The Wars Of The Jews, Or The History Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem, Book V, Well before the Hellenistic period, the Jewish tradition had already created its to destroy the Jewish religion alongside their cultic institutions and customs, Psalm 137:7 intensely recalls the Edomites' despicable conduct: of the Hasmonean and Herodian families, the latter's Idumaean origins were The history of the Herodian family is not lacking in elements of greatness, but so also 1Co 11:19, translated the Revised Version (British and American) "factions. It is true the Idumeans were at that time nominal Jews, since they were his own sons Mariamne, Alexander and Aristobulus 7 BC (Ant., XVI, xi, 7). Bible History Daily republished the article with consent of the author. His son, Herod Antipas,7 tried much the same, seeking to forge royal are an essential factor for any interpretation of the figure of Jesus in his own time and context. The two men called King of the Jews but for very different reasons and in very In the modern period, many and diverse explanations of Herod's actions have been put Excavations at Herodian Jericho, plate 7. 17 Emil Sch