The Bible says, that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, wise men (or in Greek, “magi”) came from the East to find Him. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the mystery of who these magi were; whether they were kings; if there was just three of them; what a magi was; and how they knew to come look for Jesus.
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Links for this episode:
- Jack Finegan’s book Handbook of Biblical Chronology
- Andrew Steinmann’s book From Abraham to Paul
- Francesca Rothberg’s book The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture
- Michael Molnar’s book The Star of Bethlehem
- Jimmy’s article “Mysteries of the Magi”
- Jimmy on the star of Bethlehem
- Jimmy responds to a star of Bethlehem skeptic
- Mysterious World on astrology
- Mysterious World on when Jesus was born
- Rick Larson’s The Star of Bethlehem documentary
- Jimmy gives cautions on The Star of Bethlehem documentary
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