Posted on 11/07/2011 7:10:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The Bible tells us very little about the magi. Their story appears but once, in the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-12), where they are described as mysterious visitors "from the east" who come to Jerusalem looking for the child whose star they observed "at its rising." After meeting with King Herod, who feigns an intention to worship the child but actually plans to destroy him, the magi follow the same star to Bethlehem. There, upon seeing the baby Jesus and his mother Mary, the magi kneel down and worship him, presenting him with their three famous gifts -- gold, frankincense and myrrh. Then, without reporting to Herod, they depart for their homeland, never to be heard from again.
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Interesting. Thanks for posting!
What - you got a problem with C.E.? Christian Era?! LOL
Thanks - will look at this later. But I always wonder where they get the idea that it was THREE wise men - it doesn’t say that in the Bible.
~mark~
yet the Magi were Zoroastrian priests. Daniel couldn’t have been the chief Magi unless he had dualist beliefs and not Judaic
Speculation over and over and over tends to cloud the truth you have posted
If Magi is the correct word, they were Persian, Zoroastrian
Are you certain that’s not just an advertisement the local version of Icecapades? Looks like three synchronized skaters.
Geeeez! I have to buy the magazine to be able to finish the rest of the article
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Just what I was thinking. They got my hit for nothing.
Thank you for that list, Civ.
Yipes! I’ll never get back to my Christmas cleaning at this rate.
Tanniker is right — it should be A.D.
Okay, thanks.
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BBC The Sky at Night - The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special [HD]
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Dec 18, 2019
Miguel Monteiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMMkWvGz9jI
Science Documentary hosted by Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC The Sky at Night series in 2015 - English narration
The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special
Astronomers have been fascinated by the idea of the Star of Bethlehem for centuries. Did it exist? And if so, what was it?
The list of candidates includes some of the most exciting objects in the night sky - supernovae, comets, meteors and unusual alignments of the giant planets.
In this surprising and entertaining Christmas special the Sky at Night team go in search of the potential causes of the Star of Bethlehem.
The team explore the possibilities, investigating the nature of the phenomena and digging through the historical records including Babylonian clay tablets and ancient Chinese manuscripts, to reconstruct events in the night sky 2,000 years ago.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock goes hunting for supernovae using the most powerful laser in Britain, and discovers that these mighty explosions caused by the death of stars can shine brighter than the moon in our sky.
Chris Lintott reconstructs the night sky over Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’s birth, discovering a once-in-a-millennium conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that was first suggested as a cause of the star by the great astronomer Johannes Kepler in 1604.
Armed with his telescope, Pete Lawrence searches out the features of the night sky we can observe today that may provide clues to the origin of the Star of Bethlehem.
Professor Alan Fitzsimmons explains why the sudden appearance of a comet in the night sky has always been seen as an omen of great events on Earth.
Dallas Campbell goes in search of the historical and archaeological records that can shed light on the identity of the star. Finding Babylonian tablets in the vaults of the British Museum and ancient Chinese texts that record all the unusual events in the night sky 2,000 years ago, including a bright new star that appeared for 70 days in the year 5BC.
Thanks to: MVGroup; JungleBoy
Originally posted nine years ago, just a re-ping.
The opening chapter of Ben Hur has a great scene with the Magi. Worth reading all by itself.
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