World of the Herods

Preface. Fergus Millar : Overview of the Herodian World; Literary and Documentary Evidence - Tessa Rajak : Josephus as Historian of the Herods; David Braund : Greek and Roman Authors on the Herods; Daniel Schwartz : Herod in Ancient Jewish Literature; Alla Kushnir-Stein : Coins of the Herodian The State of Research; Tal Ilan : Ossuaries of the Herodian Period. Archaeology, Art and Architecture - Ehud Netzer : The Ideal City in the Eyes of Herod the Great; Joseph Patrich : Herodian The Urban Space; John Francis Wilson & Vassilios Tzaferis : A Herodian Capital in the Caesarea Philippi (Paneas) ; David Jacobson : The Jerusalem Temple of Herod the Great; Andrew Overman, Jack Olive, & Michael Nelson : A Newly Discovered Herodian Temple at Khirbet Omrit in Northern Israel; Yizhar Hirschfeld : Fortified Manor Houses of the Ruling Class in the Herodian Kingdom of Judaea; Sarah Japp : Public and Private Decorative Art in the Time of Herod the Great; Rachel Hachlili : Funerary Practices in Judaea During the Times of the Herods. The Herods in Context - Nikos Kokkinos : The Royal Court of the Herods; Shimon Dar : The Agrarian Economy in the Herodian Period; Duane W. Roller : New Insights into the Building Program of Herod the Great. Appendix - William Horbury : Christian Sources on the Herods; Jerry Vardaman : Research on Herodian Inscriptions since the Seventeenth Century; Israel Shatzman : The Formation of the Herodian Hasmonaean Tradition and Roman Influence; Yoram Tsafrir : Herodian Building Projects and the Romanisation of Judaea.