Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

The read

It runs a compact 53m.

Synopsis

An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.

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Key crew

• Nik WansbroughDirector
• Alan RosenthalWriter
• Michael EatonWriter
• Nik WansbroughWriter

Cast

• Erik BornerSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Richard LundYoung Herod
• Tony WhiteOld Herod
• Will BergmanJosephus
• Maia Rose MichaelsMariamne
• Jessica LeightonSalome
• Russ GallagherJewish High Priest
• Jodi MagnessSelf - Bible Scholar
• Helen BondSelf - Historian
• Steve MasonSelf - Historian
• Henry AbramsonSelf - Historian
• Lawrence SchiffmanSelf - Judaism Historian

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