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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

On Dec. 28, the Church commemorates the slaughter of the holy innocents. These are the baby boys in Bethlehem that Herod the Great had slaughtered in an attempt to kill the Baby Jesus. But many people ...

Herod’s massacre of the innocents in Matthew 2 challenges us to participate in the “groans” of God’s world. I detest the Christmas season—not so much for the commercialism that, after all, runs ...

King Herod I is among the most reviled villains of the Bible's New Testament. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Herod ordered a massacre of newborn babies upon learning of Jesus Christ's birth in ...

The discovery this week of the tomb of King Herod will thrill the dedicated band of scholars and writers who see every scrap of archaeological evidence that surfaces from the Holy Land of 2000 years ...