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- noun One of a
sect orparty mentioned in theNew Testament as having, inGalilee andJerusalem , manifested anunfriendly disposition towardsJesus .
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Severus was really anxious to restore discipline Herodian is the only historian who accuses him of being the first cause of its relaxation. —
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Herodian, is rational and moderate, consistent with the general history of the age; and, in some of the most invidious particulars, confirmed by the decisive fragments of Dion.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Again, too, it is Herodian, which is in contradistinction to a wider and more general biblical view that stems from the portraits or time of Abraham or David.
Robert Eisenman: Abrahamic Conversion Robert Eisenman 2011
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Again, too, it is Herodian, which is in contradistinction to a wider and more general biblical view that stems from the portraits or time of Abraham or David.
Robert Eisenman: Abrahamic Conversion Robert Eisenman 2011
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Walking around the outside of the room, one sees the "Herodian" stone blocks with their characteristic and tell-tale incised borders.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JMR10 2010
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But both of these, in so far as they existed, were patently killed by foreigners -- Herodian Puppet Kings or "Tetrarchs" or Romans -- not "Jews" per se, despite the deliberate libelous incitement involved.
Robert Eisenman: If Menachem Begin Wore Swim Trunks, He Would Never Have Withdrawn from Sinai (and Castro's Recent Comments) Robert Eisenman 2010
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This is a Herodian graft on traditional Judaism before that time and only had meaning in the context of determining the only legitimate line the people could stomach within that family, even though for the most part they were pretty abominable too.
Robert Eisenman: Abrahamic Conversion Robert Eisenman 2011
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It never did before the Herodian Period and it should not now.
Robert Eisenman: Abrahamic Conversion Robert Eisenman 2011
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But both of these, in so far as they existed, were patently killed by foreigners -- Herodian Puppet Kings or "Tetrarchs" or Romans -- not "Jews" per se, despite the deliberate libelous incitement involved.
Robert Eisenman: If Menachem Begin Wore Swim Trunks, He Would Never Have Withdrawn from Sinai (and Castro's Recent Comments) Robert Eisenman 2010
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But both of these, in so far as they existed, were patently killed by foreigners -- Herodian Puppet Kings or "Tetrarchs" or Romans -- not "Jews" per se, despite the deliberate libelous incitement involved.
Robert Eisenman: If Menachem Begin Wore Swim Trunks, He Would Never Have Withdrawn from Sinai (and Castro's Recent Comments) Robert Eisenman 2010
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