Herod the Great

Sources

1. BookJewish Antiquities
2. BookCleopatra: A Biography

Relations

built:

• Second Temple

  Rebuilt it on a vast scale from about 20 BCE.

  Sources: The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures

founded:

• Herodian dynasty

  Sources: The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures

Appears in5 items

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  Cleopatra: The Last Queen of Egypt1 item
  • A visit to Herod; Jericho’s balsam34 BCE O.S.
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  The Ancient Olympics1 item
  • Herod the Great endows the games12 BCE O.S.
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  The Bible: Story and Scholarship3 items
  • The Second Temple, as historians date it516 BCE
  • Jesus is born, as historians date itc. 5 BCE
  • The Nativity, as Christian tradition dates it25 Dec 1 BCE O.S.