"Wir sind ja keinen ausgeklügelten Fabeln gefolgt, als wir euch die Macht und Ankunft unseres Herrn Jesus Christus verkündeten, sondern wir waren Augenzeugen." (2. Petrusbrief 1, 16) Seit Jahrhunderten schon ringen Theologen, Historiker und Philologen um das Verständnis der Quel…
While many people are familiar with King Herod's famous (or infamous) mention in the Bible, his life touches on many compelling stories of the ancient world-from Antony and Cleopatra to the Olympics, and from aqueducts to executions. From his early life as an Arab who became Kin…
Presents the life of the first century king of Judea, discussing many of the myths surrounding him and describing the achievements of his reign which transformed Judea into a stable, profitable state within the Roman empire
Presents the life of the first century king of Judea, discussing many of the myths surrounding him and describing the achievements of his reign which transformed Judea into a stable, profitable state within the Roman empire
Herod the Great: statesman, visionary, tyrant
Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against him and was accused of slaughtering children in Bethlehem when informed that a new king of the Jews …
Presents the life of the first century king of Judea, discussing many of the myths surrounding him and describing the achievements of his reign which transformed Judea into a stable, profitable state within the Roman empire.
Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against him and was accused of slaughtering children in Bethlehem when informed that a new king of the Jews …
