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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Sources:
Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews
Available free via Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2848/2848-h/2848-h.htm

Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BCE-1492 CE
http://amazon.com/Story-Jews-One-Finding-BC-1492/dp/0060539208/

0:00 Herod’s Grand Constructions
2:50 Hillel the Elder
5:51 Herod’s Final Madness