Hurston wasn’t drowning in the pelagic waters of tragedy; instead, she was refining the stories that ethnic groups had ...

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 ...

We are being tempted afresh to give our allegiance to men who wield great power and wealth in the hope that we will benefit ...

(As Kasher notes in his biography, "Herod the Great" was, for the Jews, an ironic title, designating an arrogant monarch who scorned the religious laws of his own people.) Within two weeks of ...

This is the person we know as Herod the Great. For the ordinary people of the Jewish homeland, Rome was a kind of dominant political factor. Although they might not have seen Romans on a day-to ...

Robinson's Arch is visible in the nearest corner of the mount. First-century Jerusalem was dominated by the mammoth expansions to the Temple Mount begun by Herod the Great in 20 BCE and not completed ...

Angry at his wife and defeated in battle, the king of Judea is taken prisoner. After being spared by the Romans, King Herod comes to believe he's been a victim of court plotting.

The devil's work is never done.

God didn’t want us to have those concerns. He went through it so that when we go to Him as the great comforter, we can know ...

Do they succeed? Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution.

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