It appeared that a week ago, Amaechi attempted to raise his birthday as platform to draw attention and mobilise for his ...

John the Baptist, son of Elizabeth (Mary's cousin ... his martyrdom ordered by King Herod Antipas. Saint John is given special treatment, shared only by Jesus (December 25, Christmas) and Mary ...

Two New York productions of Strauss’s opera reposition its necrophiliac protagonist as a perverse instrument of justice.

The takeover of the ancient site illustrates the expansion of settlers and the Israeli army presence in this Palestinian territory, where activity has slowed since the beginning of the war in the Gaza ...

the biblical princess who was drawn to and rejected by John the Baptist and who demanded that he be decapitated by her depraved stepfather, King Herod. The fin-de-siècle setting adds to all this ...

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In all four Gospel accounts, the role of John the Baptist is to proclaim and identify Jesus, who shortly after Jesus is baptized, is imprisoned by Herod Antipas. It is particularly noteworthy that ...

The basic New Testament story goes that the tetrarch Herod Antipas gets so aroused by ... and Herodias suggests John the Baptist’s head on a silver platter. Because he’s made such a spectacle ...

The infamous birthday banquet of Herod Antipas, which culminated in the beheading of St John the Baptist, took place in the royal city of Machaerus, east of the Dead Sea in what is now the country of ...

This month’s production will feature a vocal cast of 16 singers including bass-baritone Kyle Albertson as Jochanaan (John the Baptist) and tenor Dennis Petersen as Herod Antipas (King Herod).

Hellbent on destroying the pure, chaste and overly self-righteous preacher who denied her satisfaction, Salome performs a seductive dance at her stepfather Herod ... of John the Baptist at ...