Herods of Judaea

This book is a survey of the relations of the Herodian dynasty of Roman Judaea, a family which included Herod the Great, who is infamous for ordering the 'massacre of the innocents' in the Gospel of Matthew. Michael Young's review includes the figures Agrippina I, Agrippina II and Berenice II. It reviews their internal policies, from the establishment of the dynasty in the first century BC to the Siege of Jerusalemin AD 70 by Titus, which ended the Great Jewish Revolt.Young, Cynthia Y. is the author of 'Herods of Judaea', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415282291 and ISBN 0415282292.