Herod was educated in Rome----and by family background and personalYes, Rome controlled Judea just as so many others had. The goal was safety on a critical trade route. What did Judea itself produce? What did they have to trade?
Herod was Jewish because of the forced conversion of the Edomites.
culture, not considered
eligible to be THE KING and ON TOP OF THAT he was appointed by the
Roman oppressors-----Remember David?----JUDEAN
FROM BETHLEHEM-----sorta head of a royal line which is why
the silly story about Jesus and the Manger in Bethlehem was thrown
into the NT, You CLAIM you read the bible----remember ESAU---and
JACOB----Esau is the putative founder of the EDOMITES and JACOB is
the founder of the line of JUDAH (by his son which he appointed as
heir) HOWEVER ----all things considered-----no matter what his family
background----HEROD WAS NOT ELIGIBLE because of what HEROD was.
ASK JOHN OF THE MIKVAH. Calvinists hated EVERYONE----what were
you doing in New Amsterdam?