Herod the Great

by Robert Green

Book Overview

Offers a look into the life of this great tyrant and his rule in the Holy Land at the time of the birth of Christ, explaining how Herod killed off most of his family, became responsible for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531202321
• ISBN13: 9780531202326
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

A good pamphlet

The book is really a pamphlet. I would have given it a five, except for it's not accepting the historicity of the slaughter of the innocents. Outside of this fact, this is a very concise and good account of Herod. If you are looking for an overview that will not get you bogged down in too much detail then this book is a very good buy. Worth the price and can be read cover to cover in an hour or so.

A very good introduction

This short book gives a quick biography of one of history's "villains", Herod the Great, Kind of Judea. Beginning with his father, Antipater, an Idumaean Arab, the book examines Herod's rise to power and his machinations to stay in power. This book is very interesting, even for adult readers, and I especially liked the many pictures. Overall, I found this to be a very good introduction to the life of Herod the Great.