[Ripliancum]

I saw this earlier. Pretty interesting find written on ancient leather, like the dead sea scrolls.

3 additional things that are of interest to me, off the top of my head, without having read the book.

1. Apparently, the number of wise men were twelve, as opposed to the traditional three, which is just based on the number of gifts.

2. The magi were part of the religious sect tracing themselves back to Seth, the third son of Adam, and they practiced sacred rites and looked for the promised star and sign.

3. The magi stated they had seen the Christ, and was told by Him “This is one of many occasions on which I have appeared to the peoples of the world...”

[Netizen]

“It’s essentially saying that the people who recognized the significance of Jesus were not just Jews but people from a totally different culture and a totally different religious system,” Landau said. “One of the points I made in the book is that Christ tells the Magi that even as excited as they are that their prophecy has been fulfilled, that this is actually one of a number of occurrences in which Christ has appeared to people in the world. So, this text seems to be claiming that Christ has actually been the foundation of a number of humanity’s religious revelations.

[Elsie]

The magi stated they had seen the Christ, and was told by Him “This is one of many occasions on which I have appeared to the peoples of the world...”

MORMON heresy.