Herodian Estates East & West of Jordan River

David Fiensy, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament Kentucky Christian College

Outline

Introduction: Land ownership in the ancient near east

1. The Estate of the Southern Jordan River

   1. Jericho and Engedi

   2. Phasaelis and Archelais

   3. Livias/Betharamtha

2. The Estate of Western Samaria

   1. The Field towers

   2. The Zenon Papyri

   3. The Village of Arus

   4. Herod’s Veterans Settled Near Sebaste

3. The Estate on the Great Plain

   1. The Decree of the Roman Senate

   2. The Hefzibah Inscription

   3. Herod’s Veterans Settled Near Sebaste

   4. The Granary of Berenice

4. The Estates in Batanea, Gaulanitis, and Trachonitis

   1. Herod Settles Archers in Batanea

   2. Herod Settles Idumeans in Trachonitis

   3. The Land of a Bureaucrat of Agrippa II