Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Galilee during Jesus' Times.






Saint Joanna
Joanna is a woman mentioned in the gospels who was healed by Jesus and later supported him and his disciples in their travels. She was the wife of Chuza, who managed the household of Herod Antipas, the king of Galilee. Wikipedia

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Herod the Great.


 I thought I would start a catalogue of some of the characters in the book with links taken straight from the net:


Herod the Great
Herod, also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman client king of Judea. His epithet of "the Great" is widely disputed as he is described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis." Wikipedia