Herod's hell.(News)

From: Sunday Tribune (South Africa) | Date: May 13, 2007 | Copyright information

BYLINE: PETER STANFORD

THE discovery this week of the tomb of King Herod will thrill the dedicated band of scholars and writers who see every scrap of archaeological evidence that surfaces from the Holy Land of 2 000 years ago as another opportunity to unpick the Authorised Version in the New Testament of Jesus' life and death.

Already buoyed by the global success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, they will now set about testing the legend of Herod handed dow...

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