'The Life of Herod the Great' by Zora Neale Hurston. Akindele John/Stephen Brayda/HarperCollins. Compared to figures like Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, Herod lived on the cusp of a new era.

This picture taken on November 24, 2020 shows an aerial view of the Herodium fortress, with King Herod’s tomb site and the theater built by Herod the Great between 23-15 BCE in the Judaean ...

Known both as the Finger of Og and as Herod’s Pillar, the 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple as part ...

The Life of Herod the Great—which includes a preface and introduction written by Hurston and commentary written by Plant—stops at chapter 19. “There is no ending as such, because it’s just ...

Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.

Zora Neale Hurston’s lost epic. In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution. A depiction of Herod the Great. The first time I felt betrayed was when ...

It’s possible that the name Mariamne might sound more familiar to literature enthusiasts than to history buffs, as this character was immortalized by writers such as Boccaccio (De mulieribus claris), ...

For some reason those lessons seem not to have got through to Herod the Great. But they were what Jesus was all about—right from the start, as His family became refugees, seeking asylum in Egypt ...

‘The Life of Herod the Great’ is an unfinished manuscript from the author, who died in 1960 Beloved Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston has a new novel, set to hit shelves in 2025.