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Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

Apr 12, 2019 53m
6.5
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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.

Title Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem
Companies WildBear Entertainment, Anthos Produzioni, ZDF, ARTE, Screen Queensland, Focus
Countries Australia, Germany, Italy
Keywords roman empire, jerusalem, family relationships, judaism, ancient history, docudrama, ancient israel, 1st century, jewish history, popular uprising
Erik Borner

Erik Borner

Self - Narrator (voice)
Richard Lund

Richard Lund

Young Herod
Tony White

Tony White

Old Herod
Russ Gallagher

Russ Gallagher

Jewish High Priest
Jodi Magness

Jodi Magness

Self - Bible Scholar
Helen Bond

Helen Bond

Self - Historian
Steve Mason

Steve Mason

Self - Historian
Henry Abramson

Henry Abramson

Self - Historian
Lawrence Schiffman

Lawrence Schiffman

Self - Judaism Historian
Daniel R. Schwartz

Daniel R. Schwartz

Self - Historian
Ariel Samuel Lewin

Ariel Samuel Lewin

Self - Historian
Rhiannon Evans

Rhiannon Evans

Self - Historian
Lucio Troiani

Lucio Troiani

Self - Historian