Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her ...

Scholar and editor, Deborah G. Plant, shares with NPR the process of rescuing Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel, "The Life of Herod the Great." ...

After 14 years of research, Hurston concluded that his most heinous act – the Massacre of the Innocents, as recorded in Matthew’s Gospel – did not actually take place, and that Herod ...

Christina Drewry and J. Scott Herod took the oath of office as Smith County Commissioners. Drewry, representing Precinct 1, ...

This week the story of an anxious hedgehog and a biography of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm captured critics' attention.

My husband and I had the unfortunate need to drive through all the storms a few days after Christmas. As we came around a ...

The piece is simple, yet striking: a carved wooden bust of a female figure, about two feet tall, serene and calm. A braid ...

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The Holy Family Trail in Egypt is not only about safeguarding a sacred chapter of the country’s history but also about inviting the world to embark on a journey of faith, discovery, and unity, reports ...

It’s a sequel of sorts to her 1939 book “Moses, Man of the Mountain” and focuses on the Judean king Herod the Great. In the New Testament, he’s portrayed as a slaughterer of innocents ...

Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6; Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 Self-involvement is one of the great traps of the human heart. What do I mean by ...