BALTIMORE – King Herod, the bloodthirsty Judean ruler who reputedly tried to kill the infant Jesus, died an excruciating death brought on by kidney disease and finished off by gangrene, a medical ...

After Herod's death, Herodium became a stronghold for Jewish rebels fighting Roman occupation, and the site suffered significant battle damage before it was conquered and finally destroyed by Roman ...

Three recent books portray Herod more positively than he is generally depicted. But Matthew 2 is still important. In terms of wealth, power, and influence, Herod the Great rivaled King Solomon as the ...

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 ...

It being Christmastime, naturally, thoughts turn to King Herod, one of the great villains of history. Without Herod — the erstwhile King of Judea — there would have been no mandated Census forcing ...

On Friday Dec. 28, we observed the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which commemorates the young children murdered by the ruthless Herod “the Great.” In addition to ordering the slaying of all boys aged ...

After demonstrating his loyalty to the new Roman ruler Marc Antony (a member of the Second Triumvirate and the recipient of the eastern provinces, which included Judah), the senate placed direct ...

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Gabby Prosser, left, and Nick Neeser, right, from Minneapolis, Minn., talk with Samir Hazboun, center, from Louisville, Ky., during a protest against the execution of Brandon Bernard across Prairieton ...

(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 ...