New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

According to the Bible, Herod was obsessed with finding the baby who could threaten his power, so much so that he ordered a search for Jesus, ripping several baby boys that were born in Bethlehem ...

For centuries, Christian devotees visited a tomb, believing it to belong to an apocryphal Biblical figure. A new study posits it may have had an entirely different Biblical connection.

King Solomon, Zerubbabel and Herod the Great share a unique distinction in history – they each had the privilege of building the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Yet while the Bible tells us much about ...

"There are two ways of projecting power: there is Herod’s way, and there is Jesus’ way," writes N.T. Wright.

But what if Jesus’ family connections were as influential as ecclesiastic fervor in setting the course for a new religion?

Its framing asks: What does John have to tell us about Jesus? Before the flashback to John starts, Herod thinks of John in the first place because Jesus’ name is in the air.

(The Conversation) — Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth.

More than 60 years after her death, Hurston’s unfinished novel “The Life of Herod the Great” showcases her passion for her subject.

Netflix’s Mary—a new biblical film about the mother of Jesus Christ that began streaming today—will transform viewers back to the year 20 BCE. That’s thanks to the film’s on-location ...

The cabaret star is the “power-hungry, extravagant child nepo baby” King Herod in the latest revival of the enduring musical.

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 ...