{"product_id":"the-life-of-herod-the-great","title":"The Life of Herod the Great","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eZora Neale Hurston\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s, as a continuation of \u003cem\u003eMoses, Man of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, Herod the Great. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the “slaughter of the innocents,” but a forerunner of Christ—a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod “appears to have been singled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate,” Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived during the first century BCE, in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePortraying Herod within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity, little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex, compelling, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston shared her findings about Herod’s rise, his reign, and his waning days in letters to friends and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way. Scholar-Editor Deborah Plant’s \"Commentary: A Story Finally Told\" assesses Hurston’s pioneering work and underscores Hurston’s perspective that the first century BCE has much to teach us and that the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of Herod the Great.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct details:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780063161009\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/b\u003e January 1, 2025\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Words On The Street","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787066474786,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/8651\/9330\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-18at4.59.33PM.png?v=1781816493","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsots.com\/products\/the-life-of-herod-the-great","provider":"Words On The Street","version":"1.0","type":"link"}