Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts ...

Paul Devlin on “The Life of Herod the Great,” by Zora Neale Hurston.

In the second half of the first century, the Second Temple was reconstructed under the auspices of King Herod. Talmudic sages ... in what we know as the Old City’s Jewish Quarter – built ...

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men ...

That’s thanks to the film’s on-location shoot in ancient, abandoned villages in Morocco, and also, apparently, thanks to an old Ridley Scott set that Mary borrowed for King Herod’s palace in ...

King Herod is regarded as the most fascinating and appalling figure of the biblical world Shrouded in legend the evil King is portrayed in every Christmas Nativity play as a monster who killed ...

This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King Herod's renovation of the Second Temple and dates back to the first century B.C. Millions of pilgrims (Jewish and non-Jewish ...

This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King Herod's renovation of the Second Temple and dates back to the first century B.C. Millions of pilgrims (Jewish and non-Jewish ...