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 ...

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 ...

For some reason those lessons seem not to have got through to Herod the Great. But they were what Jesus was all about—right from the start, as His family became refugees, seeking asylum in Egypt ...

A cave in Israel once thought to be linked to Jesus may in fact be the burial place of another person from his time: Salome, the sister of the Judaean king Herod the Great, a new study finds. The idea ...

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. Jesus’ deeds have ...

Netflix’s Mary—a new biblical film about the mother of Jesus Christ that began streaming ... Ridley Scott set that Mary borrowed for King Herod’s palace in Jerusalem. Directed by D.J ...

The basin was probably given to Herod as a gift from Emperor Augustus or his second in command, Marcus Agrippa, the 1st century BCE. read more The Israel Museum/Meidad Suchowolski ...

Herod built an elaborate palace fortress on the 300-foot mountain, Herodium, to commemorate his victory in a crucial battle. Duby Tal / Albatross / IsraelImages Shielding my eyes from the glare of ...

It’s about to open again, with Michael Paynter as Jesus, Javon King as Judas, Mahalia Barnes as Mary Magdalene and comedian and outré cabaret singer Reuben Kaye as King Herod. Doug Parkinson as ...

Credit: UPI / Alamy Stock Photo A cave in Israel once thought to be linked to Jesus may in fact be the burial place of another person from his time: Salome, the sister of the Judaean king Herod ...