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loren green has that story. they ve graced christmas cards and biblical art for centuries, an ancient story of nativity may shed light on the wisemen. we have a few references that other little legends about the wisemen, but this is the document that has, has really taken the matthew s story of the wisemen, just blown it up into this grand narrative. the revelation was written in an ancient language. the first to translate it into english, it s by all accounts, a fictional story written possibly as early as the third century. what s interesting about the revelation, it s not necessarily what it tells us about the wisemen, but christ and the star of bethlehem are the same thing. and that s significant because scholars looked for a natural explanation for the star. in the text, it seems that early commissions depicted the star as purely supernatural. that only the wisemen could see until it rested over
other little legends about the wise men, but this is the document that has really taken the matthew s story of the wise men, just blown it up into this grand narrative. reporter: the revelation of the magi was written in an ancient language few scholars understand. brent land dow is the first to translate it into english. it is, by all accounts, a fictional story written as early as the third century. it s not necessarily what it tells us about the wise men, but christ and the star of bethlehem are the same thing. reporter: and that s significant because scholars have long looked for a natural explanation for the star. in the text it seems that early christians depicted the star as purely supernatural that only the wise men could see until it rests over the birthplace of jesus. the account of the wise men following the star of beth bethm arriving at the birth of christ is told in the book of matthew, and much of what we ve come to
most mysterious characters in the bible and now, a so-called lost tale about them is creating even more intrigue around their story. lauren green has more. they graced christmas cards and biblical art for centuries. now an ancient story of the nativity may shed more light on the wisemen. we have a few references to other legends about the wisemen but this is the document that has really taken the story of the wisemen and just blown it up into this grand narrative. the revelation of the magi was written in ancient language few scholars understand. he is the first to translate it into english. it is by all accounts a fictional story written possibly as early as the third century. what s really interesting about the revelation of the magi is not necessarily what it tells us about the wisemen but christ and the star of bethlehem are the same thing. that s significant because scholars have long looked for a natural explanation for the star.
season. and the manger and three wise men and the star of bethlehem and the ad is from atheists who are appealing to what it believes are millions of positive nonbelievers, just going through the motions, of religious observance during the holiday season. get them out of the closet so they can say, hey i m the person you already know and the nice person, the wonderful person, who gives to charity, who pays his taxes, who is part of your family, who is part of your circle of friends, who s an atheist, i am going to break this chain. i am going to be the first person that you know, who is an atheist. reporter: other groups is the freedom from religion foundation with the stained glass like billboard pouting reason over faith and tv and print ads nationwide the american humanist association quotes the bible and koran to show how religion is the root of worldly conflict and polls show 15% of americans have no religious affiliation.