Status Updates From A History of the Jewish Peo...

And thus Herod, the ruthless tyrant 'king of the Jews,' a Roman boot-licker, who kept hold of the people through brute force. But wasn't he grand in his Roman and Greek pretensions?

The triumph of Herod the Great unveiled.

The ascendancy of Herod 'the Great.'

The end of Queen Salome, and the brief political ascendancy of the Pharisees.

The career of John Hyrcanus, son of Simon the high-priest, who set the stage for Herod the Great.

The rise of Sh'mon the high-priest.

The setting for Judas Maccabeus.