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Author:   David Jacobson ,  Nikos Kokkinos
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.036kg
ISBN:  

9789004165465

ISBN 10:   9004165460
Pages:   418
Publication Date:   17 December 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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AUGUSTAN AND HERODIAN IDEOLOGY Herod, Rome, and the Diaspora, Erich S. Gruen The Augustan Programme of Cultural Renewal and Herod, Karl Galinsky Herod and Rome: Was Romanisation a Goal of the Building Policy of Herod? Achim Lichtenberger LITERARY AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE Herod, Augustus, and Nicolaus of Damascus, Mark Toher Herod, Josephus, and Laqueur: A Reconsideration, Joseph Sievers The Coins of Herod the Great in the Context of the Augustan Empire, Donald T. Ariel Dating Documents in Herodian Judaea, David Goodblatt AUGUSTAN AND HERODIAN BUILDING PROGRAMMES Rome and Jerusalem: Public Building and the Economy, Joseph Geiger Palaces and the Planning of Complexes in Herod’s Realm, Ehud Netzer Herodian Entertainment Structures, Joseph Patrich INDIVIDUAL HERODIAN SITES Herod’s Caesarea on Sebastos: Urban Structures and Influences, Barbara Burrell The Architectural Origins of Herod’s Temple Mount, Dan Bahat APPLIED ARTS IN THE HERODIAN KINGDOM Wall Paintings of the Hellenistic and Herodian Period in the Land of Israel, Silvia Rozenberg Herodian Pottery, Malka Hershkovitz ADMINISTRATION AND CLIENT NETWORK Herod, Augustus, and the Special Relationship: The Significance of the Procuratorship, Anthony A. Barrett Client Kings’ Armies under Augustus: The Case of Herod, Denis B. Saddington Nabataean Royal Propaganda: A Response to Herod and Augustus? Stephan G. Schmid Herod’s Contemporaries in Britain and the West, John Creighton RELIGION UNDER AUGUSTUS AND HEROD One Temple and Many Synagogues: On Religion and State in Herodian Judaea and Augustan Rome, Daniel R. Schwartz

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David Jacobson (Ph.D. London University) is both a scholar of classical archaeology and a materials technologist, holding a Chair in Manufacturing Technology at Buckinghamshire New University. He has served on the Executive of the Palestine Exploration Fund for over a decade and chairs its Publications Committee. He has published widely on Herodian history, architecture and numismatics, most recently a monograph on The Hellenistic Paintings of Marisa (2007). Nikos Kokkinos (D.Phil. Oxford University) is a Wingate Scholar and Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London. He has written numerous articles on literary, documentary and archaeological material, and his books include The Enigma of Jesus the Galilean (Greek, 1980/2007), Antonia Augusta (1992/2002), The Herodian Dynasty (1998), and The World of the Herods (editor 2007).

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