Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in politics or in the church ...

Rome’s Jewish client king of Judea, Herod the Great, built several amphitheaters to host games in the province during his reign in the 1st century BCE, according to the Jewish historian Josephus ...

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Even in the days when monarchical powers were seen to be boundless because kings were allowed to decide on most matters (oba ...

Joop Berkhout, a naturalized Nigerian (originally Dutch), who passed away in Ibadan recently at age 94, was clearly a doyen of publishing, having served ...

PALESTINE (and Its Environs) during the Lifetimes of Jesus & Paul; mostly ruled by the Herodian Dynasty: GALILEE - part of the Kingdom of Herod the Great, 40-4 BCE; part of the Tetrarchy of Herod ...

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Daily, we hear of problems — news reports are filled with stories of crime, abuse, alcohol addiction, drug addiction, gambling addiction, family disorder, mental illness and the list could go ...

This was permitted by Our Lord that we might learn a lesson from His great humility ... Who sought to kill the Infant Jesus? A. Herod sought to kill the Infant Jesus because he thought the ...

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The question is: what happened in the land of Israel and Judah in the few centuries leading up to the time of Jesus? Herod the Great, a military general and astute politician, was a complex man.