Herod the Great
Herod the Great Hordos הוֹרְדוֹס, also known as Herod I or Herod the Great, was a Roman client-king ... To the majority of non-specialist Christians Herod is best known from the Gospel according ... down to us. Biography Copper coin of Herod, bearing the legend "Basileus Herodon" on ...
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Boethusians
... Omer) must be offered not on the second feast-day, but on the day after ... about 25 or 24 B.C. by Herod the Great, in order that Boethus' marriage with the latter's daughter Mariamne might not be regarded as a mésalliance ... § 3; xix. 6, § 2. This Mariamne II. must be distinguished from the first ... who must also be included, since his wife Martha (Miriam) belonged to the house ( ...
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Aristobulus IV
... Hasmonean Dynasty. He was the son of Herod the Great and his second wife, Mariamne. Aristobulus lived most of his life outside ... heart of Roman imperial power, often offended Herod. They also attracted the jealousy of ...
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