Herod built an elaborate palace fortress on the 300-foot mountain ... I drive partway up the mountain to the parking lot where I will meet Netzer. In the early 1980s, before the first intifada ...

The Magi arrived at Herod’s palace in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”. Herod immediately feared a threat to his rule and was keen to locate the baby.

Photograph by Borchi Massimo/Fototeca 9x12 Palace intrigues and dynastic plots fueled a growing sense of paranoia in Herod. Some may have been genuine, but others were the fruit of Herod’s vivid ...

They had to ask. Herod the Great, King of Judea, felt threatened when the Magi—wise men from the East—arrived in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?