Read through some history books

By
Daniel Hagan
on January 27, 2002 1:07 PM | | Comments (1)

Read through some history books and get a feel for how bad King Herod the Great was, and it's hard to have any sympathy for the guy. I mean, this is the guy who had all Jewish male children under the age of 2 killed when he heard Jesus had been born. Not to mention his chronic paranoia and things like killing off family members at a prodigious rate. But then you hear about how he probably died.

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By CardS on October 12, 2003 7:32 PM

Yes, read through some history books indeed! I doubt you can have read too many of them yourself, otherwise you would realise the Herodian child slaughter was completely unsubstantiated, except in the bible of course.

And the reason this is usually considered "doesn't really count"? Because the "dangerous child" myth is such a common theme in ancient literature. It's nearly as common as the "god born of a virgin" myth. It occurs twice even in the bible. And common mythology that finds it's way into religious literature is given very little credence by historians.

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