Hillel vs. Herod (29-4 BCE)
King Herod is on the warpath, but Judea's greatest villain is about be challenged by its most venerated lawmaker.
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Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews
Available free via Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2848/...
Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BCE-1492 CE
http://amazon.com/Story-Jews-One-Find...
0:00 Herod's Grand Constructions
2:50 Hillel the Elder
5:51 Herod's Final Madness