Excavations suggested that the cave had little to no links to Jesus and that it could be the final resting place of Princess ...

According to historical accounts, Herod the Great was the regional king of Judea, which contained the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem.He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E ...

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

As king, Herod self-identified as Jewish. “He presented himself to his Jewish subjects as one of them,” Goodman said. “Their ancestors, he said, were not good enough to build the Temple.

While Caruso doesn’t specify which Ridley Scott movie set was used, we can guess that it was one of the Scott films that, like Mary, was shot in Morocco. Those films include the 2000 Gladiator ...

Herod, on the other hand, is more familiar thanks to biblical references: according to the New Testament, he was the king who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents (the killing of all male infants in ...

King Herod of Judea heard about these troubles and decided to do something about it. Herod, at that time, was looking for a project in which to get involved. The previous year, ...

In 1996, he recorded a version of “King Herod’s Song” – a playful, almost vaudevillian tune mocking Christ’s powers – on a London cast recording of the production, ...

(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 ...

Interestingly, King Herod’s storyline is not found in any other biblical texts nor in Roman records. Yet it is pivotal in Matthew’s Gospel, which contrasts Herod’s mission, death, to that of ...

The Gospel story further villainizes Herod, whose son, also called King Herod, or Herod Antipas, was ruling at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion around 30 C.E. Herod may have been a splendid builder and ...

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 fi nd and kill the baby after hearing that the “King of ...