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Antipater I the Idumaean (113 or 114 BCE – 43 BCE) was the founder of the Herodian Dynasty and father of Herod the Great. According to Josephus, he was the son of Antipas and had formerly held that name.
Antipater was the Idumaean founder of the Herodian dynasty in Palestine. Antipater gained power in Judaea by making himself useful to the Romans. In return for Antipater’s support, Caesar appointed him procurator of Judaea. Although Antipater was assassinated by a political rival, his son, Herod I.
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Antipater was a man of great influence and wealth who increased both by marrying the daughter of a noble from Petra (in southwestern Jordan), at that time the capital of the rising Arab Nabataean kingdom. Thus, Herod was of Arab origin, although he was a practicing Jew.
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Antipater was a crafty and influential Idumean who served the Jewish rulers and the Roman generals in the first century B.C. He was the father of Herod I and the founder of the Herodian dynasty.
Mar 2, 2015 · The article explores the role of Idumaean nobles, especially Antipater and his son Herod, in the Hasmonean kingdom. It focuses on their rivalry with Malichos, a possible Nabataean courtier, and their alliance with Rome.
Antipater the Idumaean (Procurator of Judaea) 47–44 BCE; Herod the Great. Governor of Galilee 47–44 BCE; Tetrarch of Galilee 44–40 BCE; Elected king of all Judaea by the Roman Senate 40 BCE, reigned 37–4 BCE; Phasael (Governor of Jerusalem) 47–40 BCE; Pheroras (Governor of Perea) 20–5 BCE; Herod Archelaus (Ethnarch of Judaea) 4 BCE ...
ANTIPATER II or ANTIPAS (d. 43 B.C.E.), governor of Edom in the time of Alexander Yannai and Salome Alexandra, son of Antipater I, and father of *Herod . Josephus states that Antipater I belonged to a distinguished Edomite family, the members of which had embraced Judaism in the days of John Hyrcanus. The statement of the historian, Nicholas of ...
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