EAN: 9780063161009

HURSTON ZORA NEALE THE LIFE OF HEROD THE GREAT

A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston  revealing the historical
Herod the Great--not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and
philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. In the 1950s  as a continuation of
Moses  Man of the Mountain   Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most
infamous figures in the Bible  Herod the Great. In Hurston's retelling  Herod is not the wicked
ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the "slaughter of the innocents " but a
forerunner of Christ--a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and
peace to Judea. From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery  the historical Herod
"appears to have been singled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate "
Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar  the Judean king lived during
the first century BCE  in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political
assassinations and bribery  as the old world gave way to the new. Portraying Herod within this
vivid and dynamic world of antiquity  little known to modern readers  Hurston's unfinished
manuscript brings this complex  compelling  and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston
shared her findings about Herod's rise  his reign  and his waning days in letters to friends
and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way.
Scholar-Editor Deborah Plant's "Commentary: A Story Finally Told" assesses Hurston's pioneering
work and underscores Hurston's perspective that the first century BCE has much to teach us and
that the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of
Herod the Great.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9780063161009

Produktinformationen zur 9780063161009