This article examines the coinage of Philip, the Herodian tetrarch of Batanea, Trachonitis, Paneas, and Auranitis, in the context of coins struck by other successors of Herod the Great, other ...

Although keeping up the historical dates was difficult, Herod from Hell: Confessions & Reminiscences is a most interesting novel by Craig R. Smith. The book begins when Herod's tomb is found in 2007 ...

If you had five minutes with the President, what would you say? After a tumultuous election season, re-reading the Gospels gave me a needed reminder of the relative importance of politics—any politics ...

Now Herod Antipas was not noted as peculiarly cruel or tyrannical. He was a man of refined tastes, which he gratified in erecting costly buildings and public works. In all worldly affairs he was ...

Herod is offstage in most nativity plays, because no one wants a villain on Christmas Eve. Instead, the wise men warn the holy family about the mean man who’s looking for them, then the Magi go home ...

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 how ...