Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

Overview

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.

Directed by Nik Wansbrough

Top cast

Erik Borner

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Richard Lund

Young Herod

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Tony White

Old Herod

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Will Bergman

Josephus

Maia Rose Michaels

Mariamne

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Jessica Leighton

Salome

Russ Gallagher

Jewish High Priest

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Jodi Magness

Self - Bible Scholar

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Helen Bond

Self - Historian

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Steve Mason

Self - Historian

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Henry Abramson

Self - Historian

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Lawrence Schiffman

Self - Judaism Historian

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Daniel R. Schwartz

Self - Historian

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Ariel Samuel Lewin

Self - Historian

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Rhiannon Evans

Self - Historian

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Lucio Troiani

Self - Historian

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