Herod on the Rise
This chapter covers Herod’s rise to kingship. It seeks to embed the ‘rising star narrative’ that we find in BJ 1 and AJ 14 into Nicolaus’ historical framework as far as it can be reconstructed from the fragments. This leads to a new hypothesis on the role of Herod’s Idumean origins in Nicolaus’ narrative. The chapter ultimately shows how Nicolaus’ portrait of the young Herod connected timeless patterns of universal history with the specific conditions created by Rome’s rise to universal power, and thus had a special appeal to an Augustan readership.
2017 ◽
Vol 23
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pp. 180
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2020 ◽
Vol 34
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pp. 286-297
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2016 ◽
Vol 68
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pp. C51
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1995 ◽
Vol 208
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pp. 159-169
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2011 ◽
Vol 111
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pp. 608-617
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