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Book Review: Revelation of the Magi
Posted by Christmas Freak in Book Review, Christmas Products
It’s premise is one of Dan Brawn-type intrique: buried deep in the Vatican archives and seemingly forgotten for centuries is a first century text purporting to contain a first person account of the journey of the Magi. Dr. Brent Landau of the University of Oklahoma presents that ancient text in an English transation for the first time and tells this story of this improbable bit of Christmas history in his book, Revelation of the Magi.
And it blows the doors off of Christmas history as you know it.
Modern historians have long labeled the three wisemen as mystics or magicians, hence the name Magi. Some identified them as men of Persia, due to its proximinity to the Holy Land. Though the Bible supports the idea that they weren’t Jewish there is no actual evidence — until now — that the Magi had any actual connection to Christ. This manuscript declares that the term “Magi” is actually a title bestowed upon an ancient order dating back to the time and family of Seth.
Seth was Adam’s third son, a righteous high priest known to be close to God. The book indicated that Seth’s family were called and set apart to escort the Messiah into the world and to witness his birth. In vivid detail the book describes the sect’s anticipation of the great event, their communication and teachings from Christ and their eventual and miraculous journey to Bethlehem.
The story gives amazing insights into Mary and Joseph and even touches a bit upon the trials of Adam (who is none too pleased with Eve). Even more incredibly, the story stays fairly true to the relatively skimpy Biblical account of the story of the Magi.
A scant 100-pages in length, the Revelation of the Magi is an easy read and a must own for any serious Biblical scholar or student of Christmas history.
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