Articles and Literature
The Herods
Slaughter of the Innocents (Matthew 2:1-23)
Josephus on Herod the Great (Index)
What Killed King Herod?
Cause of King Herod's Death
Jesus before Herod Antipas (Luke 23:1-12)
Peter's Escape, and Death of Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-23)
Paul before Agrippa II (Acts 25:1-26:32)
Catholic Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
Jewish Virtual Library
Jona Lendering
Elizabeth Cary's play (1613)
"The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry"
John the Baptist
Gospel of Matthew 14:1-12
Gospel of Mark 6:14-29
Flavius Josephus
Barry D. Smith
Gustave Flaubert's story "Herodias"
English translation
French text
Oscar Wilde's play "Salome"
Original French text
English translation
A history of the play
Nancy Thuleen

Slaughter of the Innocents
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Benozzo Gozzoli |
Robert Henri
Henri Regnault |
Franz von Stuck
Beheading of John the Baptist
Alonso Berruguete | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Liberation of St. Peter
Raffaello Sanzio
Other Related Websites
Caesarea
Herod's Temple
Judith and Salome
Rita Hayworth as Salome
Fortress of Machaerous
King Herod's Tomb
Masada
On Herods, Jesus, and Apostles
Coins of the Herods
Veil dancing
Lucas Cranach the Elder's Salome
c. 1515
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

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