Salome the princess
Simplified genealogical tree of the Asmoneans and the Idumeans. Source: Chouraqui Bible and Flavius Josephus via maria-valtorta.org.
Daughter of Herodias, her languorous dance for the birthday of Herod is the pretext taken by her mother to ask for the head of John the Baptist.[1] Herod soon comes to despise her[2] and states this openly and harshly when she comes to complain about being turned away by Jesus.
Character and Appearance
A pretty silhouette of a veiled little girl. She runs, light as a butterfly."She is as if possessed by a demon, and prey to a eroticism that would be degrading for a slave. The royal palace exhales more stench than a sewer."[3]
Apostolic Journey
At the 3rd Passover, she comes to provoke Jesus then in the palace of Chouza, near that of Herod. She is firmly turned away:- "You even approach lepers..."
- "They are the sick. You, you are shameless. Go away!"[4]
Her Name
Salome, like Solomon, comes from Shalom and means "the peaceful one".
Where is she mentioned in the work?
EMV 270
EMV 348 EMV 370 EMV 376
EMV 438
Learn More About This Character
This descendant of both the Maccabees (Asmoneans) and the Idumeans, married one of her uncles: Philip, Tetrarch of Iturea, 30 years her senior (to be distinguished from his father, (Herod Philip, the first husband of Herodias)) then Aristobulus, son of Herod, king of Chalcis, her first cousin.