Magi
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Magi
The Revised Standard Version (1952) and New Revised Standard Version (1989) both used wise men, but the New International Version (1983) and New American Bible (2011), and the latest version of NRSV (2021) all have used Magi, following Jerome’s transliteration.
The shift to Magi and away from wise men indicates that recent scholarship has become uns... See more
The shift to Magi and away from wise men indicates that recent scholarship has become uns... See more
The Three Wise Men (or Magi) and Their Tragic Role in the Gospel of Matthew
And the mass – which is so central to Christian worship – was already an established feature of the classical pagan mystery traditions, as a sacred feast of bread and wine. Like their festival days, the design of their temples and vestments, and even their sacred sites and some of their saints, the communion feast as a central feature of Christian
... See morePhilip Carr-Gomm • Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
Studying the myths of the Mysteries it becomes obvious why these early Christians resorted to such a desperate explanation. Although no single Pagan myth completely parallels the story of Jesus, the mythic motifs which make up the story of the Jewish godman had already existed for centuries in the various stories told of Osiris-Dionysus and his gre
... See morePeter Gandy • The Jesus Mysteries: Was The Original Jesus A Pagan God?
CHAPTER 23 Attention “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.” MATTHEW 2:2 NLT
Morgan Harper Nichols • Honest Advent
The ancients thought of celestial events as signs from the gods. Augustus interpreted a comet in 44 BCE as Caesar’s soul ascending to the heavens, thus marking the deification of Julius Caesar, his uncle. A temple in Rome was dedicated to Deified Julius which included a statue of Caesar with a comet affixed to his forehead. Many coins were issued h... See more