A Very Historically Blind Christmas III: The Epiphany of the Magi

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In the third annual holiday special, I look at the legendarium of the Three Wise Men and the Star of Bethlehem. Were they and their visit to the Christ Child real? If a myth, what was the reason for the inclusion of the brief passage in Matthew that originated their legend? If you are thinking of starting a podcast or want some help with the podcast you already make, contact me the Podcast Professor at [email protected] to talk about our audio editing and consultation services. Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or by signing up for a 2-week trial of The Great Courses Plus or a 30-day trial of Audible. Background music, including "April," "Seeker," "Brave New World," "Periculum," "Laburnum," "Modum," "Meekness," "Brooks" and "Holiday Gift" are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Additional music: Canon in D Major Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Angels We Have Heard on High Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wish Background Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.0	Cheers and have a safe tomorrow. In 1158, amid sieges by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the embalmed corpses of three men were discovered beneath a church in Milan.
1:31.3	One appeared to be that of a young man, another a middle-aged man, and a third an old man,
1:38.3	representing, as it were, the different stages of manhood.
1:43.3	Because of their ages and how the idea
1:45.9	corresponded with certain legends, these preserved remains were presumed to be the bodies
1:52.5	of the three wise men of the Christmas Nativity story, and were thereafter hidden in a moat
1:59.7	to prevent Frederick I from taking them.
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