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 ...

But a king’s one decision can also bring misery to tens, hundreds, thousands or even millions of people. Here is a historical example. Herod was the Roman-appointed King of Judea when a baby boy ...

In The Life of Herod the Great, the titular king’s advisers and subjects alike ... Born into a Baptist family in 1891, Hurston learned about the Bible from her father, John Hurston, who served ...

They returned home by another road as God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod. King Herod was partly of Jewish descent. The Romans allowed him to rule for them as Judea’s king ...

King Herod's relentless drive to maintain power ... is part of the film’s upcoming marketing campaign as he was on The Bible Series in 2013. Hopkins said: "At this time of my life, I'm drawn ...