Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.

The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus provides details about Herod's death, which occurred shortly after a lunar eclipse. Based on astronomical data, scholars identify four possible dates for this ...

Herod, at that time, was looking for a project in which to get involved. The previous year, he had finished rebuilding the central area of the Temple in Jerusalem, which had taken him 15 years.

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 ...

Z or a 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 ...

In search of Herod Decades of archeological digs and discoveries are showcased in a new museum exhibit, looking at the architectural legacy of Israel’s greatest builder By EMANUEL MFOUKOU APRIL ...

Herod was simply the most successful warlord in the region. To begin with, Rome allowed him to rule the area around Jerusalem, plus the northern region of Galilee.