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 ...

Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents—the baby boys that Matthew records were slain on the orders of Herod the Great in his attempt to kill the infant Jesus. Did he really? Sometimes we hear ...

Herod was never the most popular guy on the planet. The Roman proxy monarch who was a practicing Jew and ruled the Holy Land for 33 years was a voracious builder, known for massive palaces in the ...

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 ...

It being Christmastime, naturally, thoughts turn to King Herod, one of the great villains of history. Without Herod — the erstwhile King of Judea — there would have been no mandated Census forcing ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the grave of King Herod the Great, the ruler of Jerusalem who attempted to kill Jesus soon after his birth, it was announced today. Professor Ehud Netzer, of the Hebrew ...

A stone sculpture of Roman Emperor Agustus, who ruled at the time of King Herod and which is part of the Israel Museum's "Herod the Great: The King's Final Journey" exhibition, is displayed in ...

Herod ruled Judea from 37 BC. The Bible says he initiated a murder of all the infants in Bethlehem in an attempt to get rid of the baby Jesus. The Romans appointed King Herod as King of Judea in 37 BC ...

As a king whose feats of construction are almost as renowned as his ruthless suppression of rivals, Herod the Great planned to leave a lasting memorial to his bloody reign over Jerusalem. In recent ...

Israeli archaeologists are showing off the monumental, many-arched corridor that led to Herod the Great's hilltop palace near Jerusalem in the first century. The corridor in the ancient fortress of ...

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 ...

(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 ...