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Herod's Wealth
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A 1996 journal article by John W. Welch surveying the scale and sources of Herod the Great's wealth, including ancient reports of the Second Temple treasury's value.
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Reliability Tier1
A peer-reviewed article in BYU Studies, tier one, matching the tier the map gives comparable peer-reviewed journal articles; used here for Josephus's reported valuation of the Second Temple treasury, which the article treats with explicit caution rather than as a settled figure. NotesReports Josephus's account that the Roman general Crassus removed 2,000 talents in coin and 8,000 talents' worth of gold from the Second Temple treasury in 54 BCE, while treating Josephus's raw figures with caution rather than as settled facts.
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AuthorJohn W. Welch
PublisherBYU Studies, vol. 36, no. 3
Publication Year1996
URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol36/iss3/5/
Source TypeJournal article
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Empires & Polities, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate.
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