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Many Bible scholars doubt that the biblical account of the Star of Bethlehem refers to an actual historical event.  In a scientific work on the life of the historical Jesus one reads: Moreover, as in the history of religion there are many parallels of a star signalling the birth of a king, the persecution of a new-born king and even the offering of gifts in honour of a god born of a virgin-mother, many commentators consider it absurd to seek for a historical core to Matthew 2 (= account of the magi and the star in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 2).1 The story of the magi and the star appears only in Matthew – and, at best, in a few apocrypha.  This story is missing in the other three Gospels.  So, the question is, did the other Gospel writers not know about it?  Did Matthew even invent it?

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