Herod the Great
king of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE
Episodes
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#5824: Herod's Four Walls: Why Only One Became the KotelHerod built four retaining walls around the Temple Mount. Three survive today — but only one became Judaism's holiest prayer site. Here's why.Main topic -
#5822: Building Herod's Wall, One Course at a TimeHow 300-tonne limestone blocks became a 488-metre retaining wall — without anyone ever lifting them to the top.Main topic -
#5801: Who Were the Canaanites, Hittites, and Israelites?The Bible's lists of ancient peoples are theological claims, not census records — and the Hittites are two entirely different peoples wearing one n... -
#5630: Josephus: The Priest Who Wrote From Rome's SidePriest, general, defector, Roman pensioner — how one first-century author became the lens through which we see ancient Judaism. -
#5494: How Ancient Jerusalem Outgrew Its Own WallsJerusalem's Old City walls are Ottoman, not ancient — and the original city sits outside them. Tracing 4,000 years of expansion and contraction.