On Tuesday we learned about Herodian/Roman Jerusalem. It took three months for Rome to besiege Jerusalem. Once in Jerusalem, Herod the Great helped to kick out the Parthians. Herod goes back to Rome and tries to get people to start calling him king. He eventually controls Idumea, Jerusalem, Galilee, and Samaria. Herod was sensitive to the fact that there were Jews living in parts of the land that he controlled, so when he had coins minted he refrained from putting human images on them out of respect.
Herod was a very successful leader, but he terrorized people; he was one of the most brutal dictators. In Matthew 2 it states there was a 'murder of the innocence by Herod,' where he killed all boys two years old and younger. There is no historical evidence that this happened, but it is quite characteristic of him to do something like this. Herod loved himself so he ended up building a lot of huge monuments that would last long after his death. This gave people jobs, which they were happy about. With all of this expansion, Herod build the Western Wall, the holiest place for Judaism. He did this while he was expanding the temple and building walls around it.
Jews hated Herod. He was a dictator, impulsive, iduean, only half Jewish, collected taxes and sent them to Rome, and he worked for the man, the RoMAN. Economically he was a good king and people appreciated that he gave them jobs, but the Jews never came around to liking him.
Herod was a very successful leader, but he terrorized people; he was one of the most brutal dictators. In Matthew 2 it states there was a 'murder of the innocence by Herod,' where he killed all boys two years old and younger. There is no historical evidence that this happened, but it is quite characteristic of him to do something like this. Herod loved himself so he ended up building a lot of huge monuments that would last long after his death. This gave people jobs, which they were happy about. With all of this expansion, Herod build the Western Wall, the holiest place for Judaism. He did this while he was expanding the temple and building walls around it.
Jews hated Herod. He was a dictator, impulsive, iduean, only half Jewish, collected taxes and sent them to Rome, and he worked for the man, the RoMAN. Economically he was a good king and people appreciated that he gave them jobs, but the Jews never came around to liking him.
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