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Judaism. and herod's mother was an arab woman. she was not jewish. >> because he is this fascinating hybrid, herod isn't regarded as the full jew by all the jews. and for the hasmonean royal dynasty, of course, he is an upstart. >> they call him a half breed and i think this eats at him. i think herod the great realizes that the only way he's ever going to be able to be accepted as really jewish is if he takes