Magi, or Wisemen.By Rev. Phil Greetham. © Copyright 1996. This Version, 2012.
| 1: Lets kill off the myths If the nativity play is your main source of information I suggest you begin here. 2000 years of baggage including names, numbers, mode of transport etc. |
| 2: What exactly are 'Magi'? Why did they exist and what was their role in society? |
| 3: Where did the Magi come from? We know they came from the 'East' but how far East? Three possible countries are considered. |
| 4: Were the Magi astrologers? or were they astronomers, or neither? |
| 5: Were the Magi Kings? In popular myth, this term used interchangeably with 'Wise Men'; but were they kings? Where does this idea of 'Kings' come from? |
| 6: Is our Magi account credible? or is it on par with a fairy story? Can we believe what the Bible is telling us? |
| 7: Which route did they take? Really only educated guess work - but interesting. |
| 8: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. A brief description and graphics of the gifts given to Jesus by the Magi. |
| 9: King Herod the Great. A biography of the man who played a key role in the nativity account. This also sets the nativity account in the context of history. |
| 10: The Magi Meet King Herod. How the Wise Men were guided to Bethlehem by Herod. |
| 11: The Journey to Bethlehem. Some thoughts on the route the Magi took from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. |
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