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King Herod : a persecuted persecutor : a case study in psychohistory and psychobiography /

The enigma of King Herod as a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant on the one hand, and a great builder on the other is discussed in a systematic modern historical and psychological study. It seeks to unravel the contradictory historic mystery of the man and his deeds. After A. Schalit's Knig Herodes, thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kasher, Aryeh
Otros Autores: Witztum, Eliezer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, ©2007.
Colección:Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The enigma of King Herod as a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant on the one hand, and a great builder on the other is discussed in a systematic modern historical and psychological study. It seeks to unravel the contradictory historic mystery of the man and his deeds. After A. Schalit's Knig Herodes, this study is a new comprehensive, pioneering study on the intriguing personality of Herod, also using the insights of psychology. Herod's mental state reached an acute level, consistent with the DSM-IV diagnosis for "Paranoid Personality Disorder". He grew up with an ambiguous identity and suffe
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 514 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-502) and indexes.
ISBN:9783110200874
3110200872
311018964X
9783110189643
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9781282195202