Contents: Preface. Fergus Millar: Introduction: Overview of the Herodian World; Literary and Documentary Evidence - Tessa Rajak: Josephus as Historian of the Herods; David Braund: Greek and Roman Authors on the Herods; Daniel Schwartz: Herod in Ancient Jewish Literature; Alla Kushnir-Stein: Coins of the Herodian Dynasty: The State of Research; Tal Ilan: Ossuaries of the Herodian Period. Archaeology, Art and Architecture - Ehud Netzer: The Ideal City in the Eyes of Herod the Great; Joseph Patrich: Herodian Caesarea: The Urban Space; John Francis Wilson & Vassilios Tzaferis: A Herodian Capital in the North: Caesarea Philippi (Paneas); David Jacobson: The Jerusalem Temple of Herod the Great; Andrew Overman, Jack Olive, & Michael Nelson: A Newly Discovered Herodian Temple at Khirbet Omrit in Northern Israel; Yizhar Hirschfeld: Fortified Manor Houses of the Ruling Class in the Herodian Kingdom of Judaea; Sarah Japp: Public and Private Decorative Art in the Time of Herod the Great; Rachel Hachlili: Funerary Practices in Judaea During the Times of the Herods. The Herods in Context - Nikos Kokkinos: The Royal Court of the Herods; Shimon Dar: The Agrarian Economy in the Herodian Period; Duane W. Roller: New Insights into the Building Program of Herod the Great. Appendix - William Horbury: Christian Sources on the Herods; Jerry Vardaman: Research on Herodian Inscriptions since the Seventeenth Century; Israel Shatzman: The Formation of the Herodian Army: Hasmonaean Tradition and Roman Influence; Yoram Tsafrir: Herodian Building Projects and the Romanisation of Judaea.