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Barcode37821002533277
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe life of Herod the Great : a novel / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited and with commentary by Deborah G. Plant.
AuthorHurston, Zora Neale, author.
Call NoFIC HUR
CollectionAdult Fiction

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International Standard Book Number 9780063161009
International Standard Book Number 0063161001
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.52
Personal Name Hurston, Zora Neale, author.
Title Statement The life of Herod the Great : a novel / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited and with commentary by Deborah G. Plant.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Physical Description xxvii, 334 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes biographical references .
Formatted Contents Note Editor's note -- Preface -- Introduction -- Antipater and his sons -- Herod, the Over-Bold -- The accused -- New moon over Judea -- Herod at home -- Voice from the past -- General Herod -- Test of the metal -- The road to Rome -- Home again -- Herod at Jerusalem -- King of Judea -- Mariamne accused -- Trial of Mariamne -- Games, gold, generosity -- Love again for Herod Magnus -- Herod builds -- Return of the two princes -- Reunion in Iona -- Epilogue: Back upon the grille -- Commentary: A story finally told -- A note from the cover artist.
Summary, Etc. Zora Neale Hurston’s unpublished novel offers a reimagined portrayal of Herod the Great, not as the notorious villain of the New Testament, but as a philosophical and visionary king who brought prosperity to Judea during a tumultuous period of war and imperial expansion in the first century BCE.
Subject-Personal Name Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C. Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Kings and rulers Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Religious fiction.

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