Herod’s Judaea: A Mediterranean State in the Classical World

Cover
 Table of Contents
 Abbreviations
 Introduction
 1. Purpose of the Research
 2. Methodology
 A. The General Framework
 B. Main Features: Methodological Introduction
 C. Sources
 D. The Use of the Horizontal Approach
 E. The Use of Comparative Methodology
 F. Positivism versus Relativism
 G. Inductive versus Deductive Methodology
 H. Terminology
 I. Herod the King: Royalty and the Ideology of Power
 1. Herod King of Judaea
 2. Herod and the Jewish Ideology of Rule
 A. Herod and the Heritage of the House of David
 B. Herod and the Hasmonean Heritage. 3. Herod and the Hellenistic Ideology of RuleA. Herod, the Last Hellenistic King
 B. Herod's Euergetism: The Expression of Herod's Power as Hellenistic King in Foreign Policy
 4. Herod, the Client King of Rome
 5. Herod and Juba II --
a Comparison
 6. Conclusions
 II. The Court of King Herod
 1. The Origins of the Court of King Herod
 2. The Royal Court of Herodian Judaea
 A. The Composition of the Herodian Court
 B. Herod's Family (Syngenes)
 i. Herod's Brother and Sisters
 ii. Herod's Wives
 iii. Herod's Offspring and Heirs
 C. Herod's Friends (philoi) and the Rest of His Court. I. The Inner Circle of Friends: Ministers and Advisors (Ptolemy and Nicolaus)ii. The Inner Circle of Friends: Orators, Ambassadors, and those without Formal Positions
 iii. The Outer Circle of Friends: Friends of Herod's Sons
 iv. Visitors (Xenoi): Intellectuals, Dynasts, and Political Envoys
 v. Herod's Military Household
 vi. The Domestic Staff
 vii. The Herodian Cultural Circle
 viii. Those Who Were Different: Concubines, Prostitutes and Catamites
 3. The setting of the Herodian Court: the Herodian Palace
 A. The Herodian Palace: Origins and Structure
 B. City Palaces
 C. Winter Palaces. D. Fortified Palaces4. Conclusions
 Appendix I. Herod's Portrait
 Appendix II. The Gymnasium of Jerusalem
 III. The Army of King Herod
 1. Herod and his Army
 A. The Ethnic Composition and the Strength of Herod's Army
 B. The Structure of Herod's Army
 2. The Campaigns of Herod's Army
 3. The Fortifications
 A. The Sources of Herodian Fortifications
 B. The Evolution of Herodian Fortifications
 C. The Types and Distribution of Fortifications of the Herodian Kingdom
 i. The Herodian Cities
 ii. The City Acropolis and the Tetrapyrgia. Iii. The Regional Distribution of the Static Defenses in the Herodian Kingdom4. Military Colonies and Their Role in Defending the Herodian Kingdom
 5. Herod's Navy
 6. Conclusions
 IV. The Administration and Economy of the Herodian Kingdom
 1. The Administration of the Herodian Kingdom
 A. The Sources of the Administrative Division of Herodian Judaea
 B. The Administrative Division of the Herodian Kingdom
 2. Taxation and Revenues in the Herodian Kingdom
 A. The Taxation System of Herodian Judaea
 B. The Income of King Herod
 C. Herod's Social Program.