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
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Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BCE1492 CE
http://amazon.com/StoryJewsOneFind...

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