King Herod

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Thanks largely to his feature in the Gospel of Matthew, King Herod ‘the Great’ of Judaea is one of the infamous figures from the whole of history. So what do we know about this ancient near eastern ruler, who in his lifetime had contacts with a series of ‘goliath’ figures from the ancient Mediterranean World: from Caesar to Cleopatra and from Marc Antony to Augustus. To talk about King Herod, with a particular focus on the material and meaning of his monumental tomb at Herodium, Tristan was re-joined by Holy Land archaeologist Dr Jodi Magness. A wonderful speaker, Jodi has previously been on the podcast to talk all about the Siege of Masada and Jewish burial at the time of Jesus.

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0:00.0	There you are on the train and you see someone harassing a woman.
0:05.0	What do you do?
0:07.0	I'll check if she's okay and ask if she wants to report it.
0:10.0	I'll ask the directions to distract him.
0:12.0	I'll tell someone who works at the station.
0:14.0	His mind mate, I'll tell him to stop.
0:17.0	There are many ways you can safely tackle violence against women and girls.
0:21.0	If you think it's wrong, act on it.
0:23.0	Find out how at gov.uk slash enough.
0:27.0	If someone is in danger call 999.
0:33.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dance Know's History here.
0:35.0	Christmas is nearly upon us folks and we've got a seasonal,
0:38.0	a seasonal episode of one of our sibling pod cars today.
0:41.0	King Herod.
0:42.0	We all know about King Herod.
0:43.0	He features in the Gospel of Matthew.
0:45.0	King Herod air quotes the Great of Judea.
0:48.0	I think that might be a self-bestowed nickname there.
0:52.0	Epithet.
0:53.0	The Great.
0:54.0	Anyway, he's one of the most infamous figures of the whole of history thanks to his role in the Jesus being born story.
1:01.0	But what do we actually know about this ancient Near Eastern ruler who lived at the same time as some truly gigantic figures from our history?
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