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ЦАРЬ ИРОД

Bibliographic Description

Царь Ирод / Люкимсон, П.Е. – М. : Мол. гвардия, 2015. – (Жизнь замечательных людей. Вып. 1529). – ISBN 978-5-235-03806-6.

Author
Люкимсон, П.Е.
Publisher
Мол. гвардия
Year of publication
2015
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

This is a book about one of the most influential and controversial rulers in the history of the Jewish people and of ancient Rome — King Herod I the Great (73-4 BC), whose name is familiar to most readers above all from the Gospel account of the Massacre of the Innocents. Over the years of his rule, Herod I expanded the possessions of the Kingdom of Judea, leaving behind unique examples of art and masterpieces of architecture, including the renovated Temple of Jerusalem. Yet to this day he firmly retains the reputation of a merciless tyrant, a monster who put even his own sons to death. Drawing on historical documents and scholarly discoveries, including modern archaeological research and psychoanalysis, the author not only reconstructs the biography of this authoritarian ruler, viewed negatively by both Christians and Jews, but also attempts to make sense of his ambiguous actions, touching on social, political, psychological and even medical aspects.

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