importance of the temple in first century judaism. it was the religious center of judaism. the place where god s presence was understood to reside on earth. despite herod s achievements and rome s support, early in his reign, herod s crown is not secure. one of the big problems herod has got is that he wants to call himself the king of the jews but he, himself, is not jewish by blood. herod has got to solve this problem. he solves this problem kind of brilliantly by marrying into the most famous jewish family of the time, the hasmonean dynasty. herod marries the beautiful princess mariamne. her family had ruled judea for a century before herod took the throne. for herod, marrying the hasmonean princess gives him the
judaism. the place where god s presence was understood to reside on earth. despite herod s achievements and rome s support, nearly his reign, herod s crown is not secure. one of the big problems herod has got is that he wants to call himself the king of the jews but he, himself, is not jewish by blood. herod has got to solve this problem. he solves this problem kind of brilliantly by marrying into the most famous jewish family of the time, the hasmonean dynasty. herod marries the beautiful princess mariamne. her family had ruled judea for a century before herod took the throne. for herod, marrying the hasmonean princess gives him the opportunity to claim he is hasmonean himself because the previous king has no sons.
one cannot overestimate the importance of the temple in first century judaism. it was the religious center of judaism. the place where god s presence was understood to reside on earth. despite herod s achievements and rome s support, nearly his reign, herod s crown is not secure. one of the big problems herod has got is that he wants to call himself the king of the jews but he, himself, is not jewish by blood. herod has got to solve this problem. he solves this problem kind of brilliantly by marrying into the most famous jewish family of the time, the hasmonean dynasty. herod marries the beautiful princess mariamne. her family had ruled judea for a century before herod took the throne. for herod, marrying the hasmonean princess gives him the
the place where god s presence was understood to reside on earth. despite herod s achievements and rome s support, nearly his reign, herod s crown is not secure. one of the big problems herod has got is that he wants to call himself the king of the jews but he, himself, is not jewish by blood. herod has got to solve this problem. he solves this problem kind of brilliantly by marrying into the most famous jewish family of the time, the hasmonean dynasty. herod marri the beautiful princess mariamne. her family had ruled judea for a century before herod took the throne. for herod, marrying the hasmonean princess gives him the opportunity to claim he is
it was the religious center of judaism. the place where god s presence was understood to reside on earth. despite herod s achievements and rome s 1support, nearly his reign, herod s crown is not secure. one of the big problems herod has got is that he wants to call himself the king of the jews but he, himself, is not jewish by blood. herod has got to solve this problem. he solves this problem kind of brilliantly by marrying into the most famous jewish family of the time, thehazmanian dynasty. herod marries the beautiful princess. her family had ruled judea for a century before herod took the throne. for herod, marrying the ha za manean princess gives him the