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 ...

JERUSALEM - Israel's national museum will open what it calls the world's first exhibition devoted to the architectural legacy of biblical King Herod, the Jewish proxy monarch who ruled Jerusalem and ...

Herod the Great, the king of Judea who ruled not long before the time of Jesus, seems to have eluded historians once again. In 2007 archaeologists announced they had found the great king's tomb, a ...

Christians remember Herod the Great as a murderous tyrant, and so do Jews. According to the Gospel of Matthew, when Herod heard that a rival king of the Jews had been born in a stable, he sent out his ...

Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents—the baby boys that Matthew records were slain on the orders of Herod the Great in his attempt to kill the infant Jesus. Did he really? Sometimes we hear ...

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A new study allows for the first time the distinction between calcite-alabaster originating in Israel from that originating in Egypt. Furthermore, it confirms that calcite-alabaster objects, such as ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Herod the Great, the king of Judea who ruled not long before the time of Jesus, seems to have ...

(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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...