Josephus
New book plumbs the role of the Herods in forming early Jewish, Christian views
By Yonat Shimron — August 17, 2021
(RNS) — In his book “The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession,” Bruce Chilton, a professor of religion at Bard College, places the dynastic family that ruled Judea and Israel for the Romans front and center.
Secret orders and supposed traitors — TV’s ‘Dig’ and religious history
By Kimberly Winston — April 16, 2015
(RNS) In the show's seventh episode, evil archaeologist Ian Margove (Richard E. Grant) is after the “treasure” the Order of Moriah is supposed to have buried somewhere in Jerusalem.
Jesus may have been tried here: Archaeologists uncover Herod’s palace
By Michele Chabin — January 5, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Discovered under an abandoned prison building that is part of the Tower of David Museum grounds, the trial site is one piece of a vast excavation undertaken by archaeologists from 1999 to 2000 but sealed off for the past 14 years.
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