Herod's eldest son and heir apparent, Antipater, convinced the king that two of his other sons were plotting against him—so Herod had them executed. And when Herod learned that Antipater was planning ...
When you read the New Testament, you often come across the name Herod. There were different rulers called Herod who formed part of the background history of Jesus and the New Testament. This is the ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli archaeologist today said he has found remnants of the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem, on a flattened hilltop in the Judean Desert where the ...
JERUSALEM — An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Hebrew University said late Monday. The tomb is at a site called ...
Readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 History calls him Herod the Great, but no one could call him a family man. To gain the Judean throne through a second, ...
What is political power for? What is its essence? What qualities should a leader have? These and many other questions will be the subject of homilies across many Christian traditions that celebrate ...
Herod the Great expanded the Second Jewish Temple and built the walls of the old city of Jerusalem. The Romans appointed him King of the Jews in 40 BC. The Christian Gospel of Matthew says that Herod ...