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 ...

It's one of the holiest and most somber days in the Christian calendar as followers remember the execution of Jesus.

Born around 73 B.C., he was the governor of Galilee when, in 40 B.C., the Parthian Empire conquered Judea (then under Roman control) and named a new king, Mattathias Antigonus. Herod, probably ...

Hurston wasn’t drowning in the pelagic waters of tragedy; instead, she was refining the stories that ethnic groups had created, revised, and transmitted. She surely would have agreed with William ...

Loosely based on Dickens’ “The Life of Our Lord,” “The King of Kings” has already broken the opening box office record set by ...

King Herod was partly of Jewish descent. The Romans allowed him to rule for them as Judea’s king instead of a Roman governor. For many people, Herod was not an acceptable ruler because he did ...

Hamill, who voices tyrannical leader King Herod in “The King of Kings,” says he was drawn to the role not only because of his Roman Catholic upbringing and affinity for films like 1961’s ...