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 ...

Jesus mocks Herod (Luke 13:31-35) When we hear Jesus retort, “Tell that fox….,” we have to keep in mind the litany of intersections between Jesus, his followers, and the Herodian dynasty.

In 37 BCE, the Hasmoneans fell to Herod the Great, a Roman of Edomite descent, and the Herodian dynasty began. Zachary Keyser contributed to this report.

Villain of the Christmas story, King Herod realized a bold new vision of a Roman Judaea.

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty rather than a New Testament figure ...

Although the grandson of the biblical villain Herod the Great, and the longest reigning and of the Herodian dynasty, Herod Agrippa II (fl. c. A.D. 28-c. 95) lacked a biography in any language until ...

King Herod ruled Judea with the support of Rome. Herod was a prolific builder who constructed some of the most famous archaeological sites in the Holy Land.

The Roman Emperor Augustus had given Herod the title “King of the Judaeans,” even though he wasn’t fully Jewish. The Romans liked to give the appearance of civilized rule by getting local ...

High priests and the Herod dynasty vie for power. Zealot revolutionaries turn to violence to regain what they believe is their promised land.