Was king Herod a Muslim

Answer 1

The answer to this is both Yes and No. Herod's father was an Idumean and his mother was a Nabatean Arab. Herod was king of Judea because he conquered Judea by force, leading a Roman army. So, Herod was not ethnically a Jew and the Jews had every reason to resent his rule. On the other hand, he was nominally a follower of the Jewish religion, because the Judeans, in Maccabean times, had conquered Idumea and forcibly converted the Idumeans to Judaism. It is reported that, when in Jerusalem, Herod publicly followed Judaism, but when in Caesarea he followed the pagan religion of his Roman patrons.

Answer 2

It is a hard to say as Herod was an edomite so his origin is non Jewish. He publicly considered himself to be a Jew, however his behavior was more Hellenistic than Jewish. So there is no way to definitively answer this question.

Answer 3

No. Herod the Great was the son of an Edomite (by that time, they were called Idumeans) man named Herod Antipater, and an Arab woman. He married a Jewish woman, the daughter of the previous Jewish ruler. The Edomites had been forced (under threat of death) to be circumcised about 60 years before Herod's birth and they ultimately lost their identity as a separate people. While that may have satisfied the requirement of the Jewish leaders for their entrance into national Israel, it did not make them willing converts to the religion of Judaism.

At best, Herod was a Jew-in-name-only who murdered many rabbis as well as one of the Jewish high priests before Jesus ever came on the scene.

Because he was an Edomite, it is most honest to say that Herod was an Gentile.

Answer 4

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Answer 5

Many historians have said that King Herod, the one who was a client king of ancient Rome, had a varied background.

Herod was raised as a Jew and his father was an Edomite. Herod's mother, however, seems not to have been a Jew and was an Arab.

Jewish answer:

According to Jewish tradition, Herod came from Edumean converts. He was technically Jewish but sided against them in many ways.

Answer 6

Yes, Herod was recognized by the Roman senate as an allied king of the Jews. He was an ally of both Marc Antony and later, Octavian.

Answer 7

No. Herod lived and died hundreds of years before Islam came into being.

Answer 8

No, he was an Arabic King

Answer 9

He was Jewish, yes.

Answer 10

NO