Episode 38: The [Three] [Wise Men] With Eric Vanden Eykel

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Magi- they're the gift that keeps on giving! Last week we talked about a star, this week we're unpacking the mysteries of the fellas who followed that star. We've all seen them represented in nativity scenes: three men in elaborate dress, each bearing a different gift for the infant king, but is any of that actually biblical? What do we actually know about the Magi? What role did they play in the story? Fortunately, we have Dr. Eric Vanden Eykel with us to unpack it all. He literally wrote the book on the subject. His book The Magi: Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate delves deep into these enigmatic easterners. He'll help us dispel some common myths, and get a deeper understanding of Jesus' most baffling visitors. For early access to an ad-free version of the show, exclusive content, and an opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma Follow us on the various social media places: https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's something you learned in history class that you feel like wasn't the whole truth?
0:05.0	Better yet, what's something you didn't learn at all that was omitted completely?
0:09.0	That's what I like to call Redacted History.
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0:35.6	All we have left is Orient. We know that they were from the East right? You're not taking that away from us are you?
0:41.8	That's not a great word to use there so I didn't
0:45.3	write the song Dan. Hey everybody I'm Dan McClellan and I'm Dan Beecher and you are listening to the
0:56.0	Data Over Dogma Podcast where we increase public access to the academic study of the
1:00.5	Bible and religion and combat the spread of misinformation about the same.
1:05.4	How goes the combat Dan?
1:07.0	Man, we're out there, it's the most wonderful time of the year or maybe when this airs it's a little
1:14.3	bit after the most wonderful time of the year.
1:16.5	Well it depends on your proclivities if you're a Western Christian or an Eastern
1:21.4	Christian sometimes you know, that's true like to hold
1:24.3	things off for a little bit but that's true there's a there there are dating questions at play but that's
1:29.8	not what this what today's episode is about we'll probably have to get to that at some point.
1:34.3	Yeah at some point there are often down the door about that but today we got a we've got a
1:38.8	fun guest Dan do you want to tell us who we have who our mystery person is on the today's show?
1:45.0	Absolutely. Today we're going to be talking with a friend of mine, Eric Vanden Eickel.
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