Herod and Augustus

Papers Presented at the IJS Conference, 21st-23rd June 2005
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16546-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1024 g

Reihe: IJS Studies in Judaica

This volume brings together nineteen studies by foremost experts in the period of Herod and Augustus, and highlights recent progress in elucidating the phenomenon of Herod the Great in the context of the Roman imperial order inaugurated by Augustus. They illuminate Herod’s pre-eminent role in the Augustan client network and his remarkable energies, expressed in an extensive building programme which has left substantial remains. The literary records of Herod’s life and times, primarily by Josephus, are critically examined here in relation to the documentary and archaeological evidence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobson, David

Kokkinos, Nikos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).