What makes Leonardo DiCaprio such an enduring presence in film is how thoughtfully he chooses his projects. And once he does, ...

The site was found to be the resting place of a royal family member of King Herod the Great, as published in the journal ...

A Historical Overview The 12 Apostles are revered figures in Christianity, each contributing significantly to the ...

A 2,000-year-old burial cave in Israel is continuing to stir debate. Who exactly was buried here? Was it one of Jesus’ female ...

Our days are filled with extreme concerns for our immigrant population, especially refugees seeking asylum in the United ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

It was getting harder and harder to pay the bills, and the games were in decline. But then a financial savior appeared, in the unlikely form of Herod the Great, King of Judea.

Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) spent her financially distressed final decade enthralled by the life of King Herod and working on a novel about him. The books of the 1930s and ’40s that made her ...

Why Was Zora Neale Hurston So Obsessed With the Biblical Villain Herod the Great? The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death ...

More than 60 years after her death, Hurston’s unfinished novel “The Life of Herod the Great” showcases her passion for her subject.

Herod the Great, King of Judea, felt threatened when the Magi—wise men from the East—arrived in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when ...