{"product_id":"titus-and-berenice-von-aleksander-krawczuk","title":"Titus and Berenice","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor five years, the fate of the last Jewish polity of the ancient world hung on the outcome of a romanceA romance between the middle-aged, thrice-divorced Jewish queen, Berenice, and the youthful son of the first emperor of the Flavian dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, the first in a series of three on the subject of the Herodian Dynasty, describes the events of AD 66-69:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--the outbreak of the First Jewish War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Nero's artistic tour of Greece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--his overthrow and death by suicide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--the outbreak of the Roman Civil War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt couches the narrative in a broad intellectual and spiritual panorama of the times featuring many fascinating developments:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--the strange Jewish sect of the Essenes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--another strange Jewish sect: Christians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--its most dangerous opponent, the charismatic Simon the Magus whose followers worshipped a prostitute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--the wonderfully zany erotic religious practices of the Middle East of the period\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--the pagan prophet Apollonius of Tyana--the \"pagan Jesus\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--the powerful temple of Aphrodite in Paphos, Cyprus--the main clearinghouse of secrets in the East and a \"business rival\" of the Temple of Jerusalem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eetc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd among those events and within that milieu, the book situates the love between the middle-aged queen and her youthful Roman prince, the future destroyer of the Temple; a romance which will go on to inspire hundreds of dramatic, operatic, poetic, and graphic works in the European culture for the next two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive yourself a thrilling sojourn to a strange, zany place. Pick up your copy today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksander Krawczuk (1922-2023), was a scholar, professor a the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, minister of culture of Poland (1986-1989), and author of over 30 immensely popular books on Graeco-Roman antiquity. His delightful books, written in an accessible, conversational, highly readable style, address complex topics in an approachable manner without ever dumbing them down. International best-sellers in Europe, his books have shaped three generations of antique lovers, but, as a consequence of Soviet cultural policies, they appear in English only now. We are publishing a new title every 4-6 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9782919820535\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJews, Romans, Revolt, and a Love in the time of War\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9782919820535","offer_id":58273397834053,"sku":"9782919820535","price":30.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/f8eb07f8-e4fc-4c4f-a9cf-4b9cb460a809.jpg?v=1781497170","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/titus-and-berenice-von-aleksander-krawczuk","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}