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“Herod the Great by Martin Goodman is typical of Yale’s Jewish Lives series: short, clear, deeply knowledgeable, deeply illuminating.”—Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal “Martin Goodman’s clear-eyed portrait of Herod the Great sharply captures both the accomplishments and the tortured personality of this larger than life figure. Goodman brings out with clarity the complexities and contradictions of a man who could be both lavishly generous and brutally ruthless. The book successfully combines acuity with readability.”—Erich S. Gruen, University of California, Berkeley “Herod—the king everybody loves to hate—strides out of Goodman’s pages in all his flawed glory. His story is also the story of Rome at the beginning of its empire, the story of Jerusalem at the end of its independence. Goodman shines a bright light on this tumultuous period, and on the unforgettably complicated character of one of its major figures. Herod the Great is riveting reading.”—Paula Fredriksen, author of When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

"""Martin Goodman's clear-eyed portrait of Herod the Great sharply captures both the accomplishments and the tortured personality of this larger than life figure. Goodman brings out with clarity the complexities and contradictions of a man who could be both lavishly generous and brutally ruthless. The book successfully combines acuity with readability.""—Erich S. Gruen, University of California, Berkeley   “Herod—the king everybody loves to hate—strides out of Goodman’s pages in all his flawed glory. His story is also the story of Rome at the beginning of its empire, the story of Jerusalem at the end of its independence. Goodman shines a bright light on this tumultuous period, and on the unforgettably complicated character of one of its major figures. Herod the Great is riveting reading.”—Paula Fredriksen, author of When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation  "

"""Martin Goodman's clear-eyed portrait of Herod the Great sharply captures both the accomplishments and the tortured personality of this larger than life figure. Goodman brings out with clarity the complexities and contradictions of a man who could be both lavishly generous and brutally ruthless. The book successfully combines acuity with readability.""—Erich S. Gruen, University of California, Berkeley  "

“Martin Goodman’s clear-eyed portrait of Herod the Great sharply captures both the accomplishments and the tortured personality of this larger than life figure. Goodman brings out with clarity the complexities and contradictions of a man who could be both lavishly generous and brutally ruthless. The book successfully combines acuity with readability.”—Erich S. Gruen, University of California, Berkeley “Herod—the king everybody loves to hate—strides out of Goodman’s pages in all his flawed glory. His story is also the story of Rome at the beginning of its empire, the story of Jerusalem at the end of its independence. Goodman shines a bright light on this tumultuous period, and on the unforgettably complicated character of one of its major figures. Herod the Great is riveting reading.”—Paula Fredriksen, author of When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

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Martin Goodman is emeritus professor of Jewish studies at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. His numerous books include A History of Judaism; Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations; and Josephus’s The Jewish War: A Biography. He lives in Oxford, UK.

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