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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Studies in Theology and Religion Ser |
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Studies in Theology and Religion Ser
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Methodology -- 1 Chronology -- 2 Silencing -- 3 Disparagement -- 3.1 Josephus -- 3.2 Other Sources -- 3.2.1 Rabbinic Literature -- 3.2.2 The New Testament -- 3.2.3 Roman Authors -- 3.2.4 Inscriptions -- 3.2.5 A Coin -- Chapter 2 Berenice's Foremothers: A Long Line of Hasmonean and Herodian Queens -- 1 Simon the Hasmonean's Nameless Wife, Berenice's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother (ca. 180 BCE-135 BCE) |
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2 John Hyrcanus I's Nameless Wife, Berenice's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother (ca. 155 BCE-104 BCE) -- 3 Salina Alexandra, Judah Aristobulus I's Widow, Berenice's Great-Great-Great-Great-Aunt (ca. 140 BCE-ca. 90 BCE ) -- 4 Queen Shelamzion-Alexandra, Berenice's Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother (140 BCE-67 BCE) -- 5 Aristobulus II's Wife, Berenice's Great-Great-Great-Grandmother (ca. 90-ca. 50 BCE) -- 6 Alexandra, Berenice's Great-Great-Grandmother (ca. 70 BCE-26 BCE) -- 7 Miriam the Hasmonean, Berenice's Paternal Great-Grandmother (53-29 BCE) |
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8 Salome, Herod's Sister, Berenice's Maternal Great-Grandmother (ca. 60 BCE-12 CE) -- 9 Berenice, Aristobulus IV's Wife, Berenice's Grandmother (ca. 33 BCE-23 CE) -- 10 Herodias, Berenice's Paternal Aunt (ca. 10 BCE-ca. 50 CE) -- 11 Cypros, Berenice's Mother (ca. 10-ca. 50 CE) -- Chapter 3 Berenice's Early Years -- 1 Judea 28-42 CE -- 1.1 Agrippa I between Judea and Rome -- 1.2 Agrippa I's Family -- 1.3 Berenice's Childhood -- 2 Alexandria 42-44 CE -- 2.1 Berenice's Betrothal -- 2.2 Berenice's Alexandria -- 3 Chalcis -- 3.1 Part I (44 CE-48 CE) -- 3.1.1 Herod of Chalcis -- 3.1.2 Agrippa I's Death |
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3.1.3 Mother Berenice -- 3.1.4 Herod of Chalcis' Death -- 3.2 Part II (48 CE-53 CE) -- 3.2.1 Queen of Chalcis -- 3.2.2 Brother and Sister (on Killer-Wives and Homosexuality) -- 4 Caesarea-Philippi/Cilicia/Jerusalem (54 CE-66 CE) -- 4.1 Josephus' Anti-Berenican Source -- 4.1.1 Herodian Women Divorcing their Husbands -- 4.1.2 Foreign Dignitaries Converting to Judaism for the Sake of a Herodian Marriage -- 4.1.3 Jealousy -- 4.1.4 Incest -- 4.2 The Book of Acts -- 4.3 King Polemo of Cilicia -- 4.4 Jerusalem -- Chapter 4 The War with Rome 66-73 CE -- 1 Jerusalem 66 CE -- 1.1 Her Finest Hour |
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1.1.1 Berenice and Judaism -- 1.2 Appeasement -- 2 Caesarea-Philippi 66-70 CE -- 2.1 Property -- 2.2 Security -- 2.3 Loyalty -- 2.4 Justus of Tiberias -- 2.5 Titus -- 2.6 The Year of the Four Emperors -- 2.7 Jerusalem and the Temple -- 2.8 Revenge -- 2.9 A Honeymoon? -- Chapter 5 Berenice in Rome -- 1 The Roman Way of Telling the Story of the Berenice-Titus Romance -- 1.1 Tacitus -- The Missing Report -- 1.2 Suetonius -- 1.2.1 Catamites and Eunuchs -- 1.2.2 "Cleopatra Minor" -- 1.2.2.1 Invitus invitam -- 1.2.2.2 Rome's Cleopatra -- 1.3 Cassius Dio -- "Cleopatra Minor" or "Berenice Major"? |
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1.4 Epitome Caesaribus -- deliciae et amor humani generis |
| Summary |
This is a biography of Queen Berenice, the daughter of King Agrippa I, sister of King Agrippa II, wife of two kings and lover of the emperor designate Flavius Titus. A Jew of the 1st century, she witnessed some of the foundational events of her time like the emergence of Christianity and the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, is. She met and socialized with the most important people of her day - Philo the Philosopher (who was at one time her brother-in-law), Paul the Apostle (whose trial she witnessed) and Josephus the Historian who told part of her story |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Queens -- Judaea (Region) -- Biography
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Jewish women -- Judaea (Region) -- Biography
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Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
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Jewish women
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Jews
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Queens
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Middle East -- Judaea Region
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004511033 |
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9004511032 |
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