Star of the Magi The Mystery That Heralded the Coming of Christ

The Star of Bethlehem is still one of the most popular and puzzling mysteries of the Bible. Its inclusion, at the very beginning of the very first Gospel, raises so many awkward questions for orthodox Christianity that one has to wonder how it ever made the canonical cut in the first place. So why would the authors (and editors) of the Christian Gospels choose Zoroastrian Magi and astrology to herald the coming of Jesus Christ? Did the Magi have some special significance then that we have since lost? After all, the New Testament narrative opens with them. So who were the Magi, and did their astrological beliefs really lead them to Jesus?Roberts, Courtney is the author of 'Star of the Magi The Mystery That Heralded the Coming of Christ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781564149626 and ISBN 1564149625.