(The Conversation) — Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth. (The Conversation) — King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s ...

Until today, outside of a handful of scholars, the world had not seen Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, The Life of Herod The Great. Hurston, the accomplished Black writer, folklorist and ...

Christians remember Herod the Great as a murderous tyrant, and so do Jews. According to the Gospel of Matthew, when Herod heard that a rival king of the Jews had been born in a stable, he sent out ...

‘The Life of Herod the Great’ is an unfinished manuscript from the author, who died in 1960 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and ...

Zora Neale Hurston’s lost epic. In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution. A depiction of Herod the Great. The first time I felt betrayed was when ...

According to historical accounts, Herod the Great was the regional king of Judea, which contained the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E ...

According to historical accounts, Herod the Great was the regional king of Judea, which contained the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E., at a ...