Who was Salome? Jewish Biography as History lecture by Dr. Henry Abramson

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Briefly but notoriously mentioned in both Josephus and the Gospels, Salome was the granddaughter of King Herod who is best known for a salacious performance that resulted in the execution of John the Baptist. Who was Salome, and does her bit part play a significant role in the representation of Jews and Judaism in medieval Christian thought? Part of the Jewish Biography as History series by Dr. Henry Abramson at http://www.jewishhistorylectures.org.

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6 Comments

  1. Anonymous says:
    October 30, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    Not to quibble but tetra means four as in the Tetragrammaton, the four letter name of G-d.

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  2. Henry Abramson says:
    November 4, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    Thank you!

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  3. K K Kesavan says:
    November 11, 2014 at 10:54 pm

    Thank you for introducing Salome.Is there any connection between the original Salome and Oscar Wilde character Salome?

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    1. Henry Abramson says:
      November 12, 2014 at 8:24 am

      Yes, he based his play on her life.

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  4. MK Devereaux says:
    November 18, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    I would like to know more about the historical aspect of John the Baptist’s complaint– Herod and Herodias’ marriage was incestuous and therefore arayot. Was John trying to rally a crowd to stone them and, if so, how seriously would common people have taken John’s complaint about Herod’s sin vis a vis God’s wrath upon Israel?

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  5. Anonymous says:
    July 11, 2016 at 3:41 pm

    Where did they find the coin?

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