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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.

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