Re: The wise men and their star

Peter Ruest wrote:

> But what is your take on all that?

I agree that the visit of the magi is not necessarily to the newborn
baby Jesus, he might have been up to two years old, given the logic of
the text. You are also right that there is no mention of any manger
anywhere, in Matthew nor in Luke. But your harmonization attempt is a
bit strained, in particular in verses 8-10 and 22-23 of Matt 2. There is
nothing in Matt which indicates Galilee before 22-23, and there is even
given a special reason why Nazareth was chosen at that moment.

In any case, it hardly makes any sense for a star to stop over a house
:-) The nativity stories have many characteristics of myths.

Stein Arild
Received on Wed Jan 5 13:33:24 2005