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  1. Why #Christianity Framed #Herod as a #BabyKiller (feat. Dr #JodiMagness)

    youtube.com/watch?v=lFjmU_yCiU

    How strong is the #archaeological evidence for #Jesus? World-class #archeologist, Dr Jodi Magness, joins me to discuss some top 10 lists of Dr. #TitusKennedy, an archaeologist who frequents Dr #SeanMcDowell's channel.

  2. #OTD The 28th of #December is #Childermass Day or #Holy #Innocents Day - when #Innocent #Children were #Slaughtered by #King #Herod.

    In #Literature, #Winter imagery is used for Herod's #Cruelty (Cold, Frost) while the children are like #Botanicals, described as the first #Seeds or the #Flowers of the #Church. The #Poet #Prudentius wrote,

    All hail! You infant #Martyr flowers,
    Cut off in life's first dawning hours;
    Like #Rosebuds snapped in dreadful strife,
    When Herod sought our #Savior's life.

  3. #holiday #history #facts

    The #Hasmonean ("#Maccabee") John Hyrcannus — who inherited #Jerusalem when his brother-in-law killed his brothers and his father — forcibly converted the entire region to Judaism.

    This is why the inhabitants of Idumaea (Biblical Edom) became technically Jewish.

    And, astonishingly, this is why #Herod could eventually destroy Jerusalem.

    This is also a bizarre connection between #Hanukkah and #Christmas...

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