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5 days ago · Antipater’s son Herod, king of Judaea, an admirer of Greek culture, supported a cult worshipping the emperor and built temples to Augustus in non-Jewish cities. Because he was by origin an Idumaean, he was regarded by many Jews as a foreigner.
- Louis H. Feldman
Judaism, monotheistic religion developed among the ancient...
- Louis H. Feldman
2 days ago · He was the second son of Antipater the Idumaean, a high-ranking official under ethnarch Hyrcanus II, and Cypros, a Nabatean Arab princess from Petra, in present-day Jordan. Herod's father was by descent an Edomite; his ancestors had converted to Judaism. Herod was raised as a Jew.
1 day ago · Pontius Pilate [b] ( Latin: Pontius Pilatus; Greek: Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, romanized : Póntios Pilátos) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. He is best known for being the official who presided over the trial of Jesus and ultimately ordered his crucifixion. [7] .
4 days ago · Although it put him at odds with Roman law, Gabinius invaded Egypt in the spring of 55 BC by way of Hasmonean Judea, where Hyrcanus II had Antipater the Idumaean, father of Herod the Great, furnish the Roman-led army with supplies.
3 days ago · Hyrcanus was defeated but was encouraged to reassert his rights by Antipater, an Edomite, son of the governor of Idumaea and father of the future Herod the Great. At that stage the Romans appeared on the scene.
4 days ago · To Alexander, Palestine was, as to many before him, a corridor leading to Egypt, the outlying Persian province. Consequently, in his attack on that province after the Battle of Issus (333 bce ), he confined his attention, in his passage southward, to reducing the coastal cities that might form bases for the Persian fleet.
5 days ago · Greek and Latin for Perjury and Treason. July 1, 2024 ~ sententiaeantiquae. ἐπιορκία, ἡ: perjury. ἐπίορκος, ὁ: Perjurer. ἐπιορκέω: to commit perjury. ψευδορκεῖν: to make a false oath. Plato, Republic 334b (referring to Od. 19.395) “He bested all men in theft and perjury.”.
