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| Church and State: The Evolving Power and Legacy of the Herodian Dynasty |
November 13, 2021 |
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Bard College Religious Studies professor Dr. Bruce Chilton chronicles the intrigue-filled dynastic exploits of Herod the Great and his family in The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession (Fortress Press, August 3, 2021). For those who enjoyed the intrigues of the Game of Thrones, Chilton brings to life a real-life tale of a family that began with the audacious founder, Antipater, who helped Julius Caesar to victory in Egypt, and embodied “the twin pillars of loyalty to Judaism and loyalty to Rome” that became the basis of Herodian rule through five generations.
The Herods, Chilton says, “were like a series of waves that rolled through the lands of territorial Israel, threatening what stood in their way….Whether a given Herodian ruler was cruel or generous, effective or useless, gifted or limited, their subjects could not ignore them. Yet those who study Judaism and Christianity today typically treat them as a matter of ‘background,’ when in fact the Herodians were in the foreground of political power."
Dr. Bruce Chilton, Ph.D, Scholar of early Christianity and Judaism, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, former Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist, and formerly Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Cambridge University (St. John's College).
The-Herods:
Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession
Fortress Press
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