{"id":15,"date":"2001-06-14T23:31:14","date_gmt":"2001-06-15T06:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2001-06-14T23:31:14","modified_gmt":"2001-06-15T06:31:14","slug":"king-herod-agrippa-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2001\/06\/king-herod-agrippa-i\/","title":{"rendered":"King Herod Agrippa I"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Herod Agrippa I was a brilliant diplomat and ruler who secured the best possible deal for the Jews (and himself) under the reign of Roman emperor Claudius. But while scholars cast an approving eye<\/a> on his realpolitiking, Agrippa I gets a bum deal<\/a> in the Bible.<\/p>\n

Agrippa felt he had to appease the more conservative elements in his constituency to ensure their support for his autonomous Jewish vassal state–and this meant persecuting a couple of early Christians. Conveniently, these Christians were also vocal anti-Roman separatists–hence the execution of James, one of the 12 apostles, which proved both popular and prudent.<\/p>\n

He died suddenly in 44AD in Ceasarea, during games dedicated to Claudius. The city is now an archeological site<\/a>, and the hippodrome where the games were held was being excavated in January, when I visited with Benny Mandler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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