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King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor. A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography

King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor. A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 374-453 409 King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor. A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiog- raphy . By Aryeh Kasher, in collaboration with Eliezer Witztum. (Studia Judaica 36). Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. Pp. xx, 514. Cloth. €138.00. ISBN 978-3-11-018964-3. Whether because we are astute or because we are jealous, it is quite usual for us to think that successful rulers are self-centered, that those of them who build cities and huge buildings are megalomaniacs, that they do so not in response to real needs but due to inferiority complexes of which we enjoy explaining the etiology, and that those of them who move energetically and ruthlessly against perceived enemies are paranoid and sadistic. But most of us make no claim, neither in our grousing about contemporary figures nor in our work as historians of earlier peri- ods, to use these psychological formulations with any scientific rigor. Th at is what is special about the present contribution to the recent flood of Herod books. Namely, on the basis of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., 1994, revised http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor. A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiography

Schwartz, Daniel
Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 39 (3): 409 – Jan 1, 2008
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Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 374-453 409 King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor. A Case Study in Psychohistory and Psychobiog- raphy . By Aryeh Kasher, in collaboration with Eliezer Witztum. (Studia Judaica 36). Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. Pp. xx, 514. Cloth. €138.00. ISBN 978-3-11-018964-3. Whether because we are astute or because we are jealous, it is quite usual for us to think that successful rulers are self-centered, that those of them who build cities and huge buildings are megalomaniacs, that they do so not in response to real needs but due to inferiority complexes of which we enjoy explaining the etiology, and that those of them who move energetically and ruthlessly against perceived enemies are paranoid and sadistic. But most of us make no claim, neither in our grousing about contemporary figures nor in our work as historians of earlier peri- ods, to use these psychological formulations with any scientific rigor. Th at is what is special about the present contribution to the recent flood of Herod books. Namely, on the basis of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., 1994, revised

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