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The Life of Herod the Great
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  • Zora Neale Hurston
    Zora Neale Hurston
    / Legacy and posthumous publications

    In 2025 her historical novel The Life of Herod the Great was published. The book is a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain that attempts to redefine the infamous King Herod of Judaea, whom the New Testament portrays as a tyrant. Unfinished at the time of Hurston’s death, the…

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    In 2025 her historical novel The Life of Herod the Great was published. The book is a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain that attempts to redefine the infamous King Herod of Judaea, whom the New Testament portrays as a tyrant. Unfinished at the time of Hurston’s death, the…

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