SEASON TWO

NEVI’IM:VOICES OF

THE SHEPHERD

Welcome to Heroes, part 2

SEASON 4 – THE GOSPELS

episode 18

PAX ROMANA

Herod the Great was installed by the Romans as King of the Jews in 39

BC. and his family remained a major force in Palestine for the next

130 years. The Jews remained a fractious

society, however, torn by disparate political and

religious loyalties.

a royal retreat city: JERICHOa royal retreat city: JERICHO

with its great palacewith its great palace

a cone-shaped mountain fortress called a cone-shaped mountain fortress called HERODIUM, near BethlehemHERODIUM, near Bethlehem

CAESARIA MARITIMA, a great CAESARIA MARITIMA, a great port that linked Palestine with the port that linked Palestine with the Roman empireRoman empire

the rock fortress 1,300 ft. above the Dead Sea the rock fortress 1,300 ft. above the Dead Sea shore at MASADAshore at MASADA

and the GREAT TEMPLE and and the GREAT TEMPLE and main palace in JERUSALEM main palace in JERUSALEM

groups of influence

Herods & Herodians Pharisees Sadducees Zealots Essenes