Herod the Great − though in the Gospel of Matthew, he wasn't so great. Hulton Archive via Getty Images King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when ...

A ‘DANCE FLOOR of death’ where John the Baptist is thought to have been sentenced to a deadly punishment has been discovered, archaeologists claim. The experts think they’ve found the spot which the ...

King Herod Antipas is truly one of the most tragic figures in the Gospels. He appears in a number of passages, all of them revealing him as venal, pathetic, besotted by court indulgence and easily ...

Archaeologists may well have finally pinpointed where preacher John the Baptist, famed for prophesying the coming of Jesus Christ - received his death sentence in 29 AD. Contemporary Bible chronicler ...

Herod is offstage in most nativity plays, because no one wants a villain on Christmas Eve. Instead, the wise men warn the holy family about the mean man who’s looking for them, then the Magi go home ...

Former megachurch pastor Rob Bell, the bestselling author of "Love Wins," was in Birmingham Wednesday to talk about his latest book, "What is the Bible?' and sold out an event at the 1,300-capacity ...

King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when Jesus of Nazareth was born, the ruler attempts to find and kill the baby after hearing that the “King of ...

(The Conversation) — Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth. (The Conversation) — King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the ...