Rome, on the other hand, needed Herod as much as Herod needed Rome, whose culture and language the Jewish ... his son Herod Antipas—also infamous in Christian scripture as the king reigning ...

(page 1) In Biblical history, Herod “the Great,” Rome’s client king of Judaea (ruled 40 - 4 BCE ... (Pork-loving Romans were baffled by the Jewish dietary laws.) Herod was born about 73 BCE. His ...

It hints that Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee ... an enchanting dance on Herod's birthday to the delight of the king and his guests. The New Testament documents, "The king said to the ...

But, at his death, his kingdom, which was the largest extent for the Jewish state since the time, really, of David and Solomon, was subdivided among three of his sons. One son, Herod Antipas ...

While some Jewish religious leaders and people ... an earlier version of this story referred to King Herod the Great rather than Herod Antipas, who was his son.

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 ...

When Herodias divorces her husband and marries his brother Herod Antipas, governor of Judea, the prophet John the Baptist protests and is imprisoned. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece ...

The film actually begins with the Roman invasion by Pompey in 65 B.C., the appointment of King Herod the Great by the Romans and finally the crowning of Herod Antipas after he murders his father.