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 ...

Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed to children in Sunday school. Among ...

Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first major museum exhibition on the divisive biblical figure of Herod the Great has provoked a modern-day row between Israel and the Palestinians over who has the right to ...

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 is offstage in most nativity plays, because no one wants a villain on Christmas Eve. Instead, the wise men warn the holy family about the mean man who’s looking for them, then the Magi go home ...

If we look at facts and figures, “Herod the Great” had a pretty good administration. He had been the king of Judea for 40 years before Christ was born. He had kept the order, and he had developed an ...

From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry. The absence of ancient ...

(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 ...

A new study allows for the first time the distinction between calcite-alabaster originating in Israel from that originating in Egypt. Furthermore, it confirms that calcite-alabaster objects, such as ...

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 ...