As the Holiday Season hurtles toward us yet again, the boys take pause and reflect on the paraphernalia of the first Christmas...what's up with that star? And just who were those three dudes and just how smart were they? Is Bethlehem even the site of the Nativity?
Not sure if all of these are answered sufficiently in this episode, but hopefully it'll give you something to think about!
Sources:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-was-christmas-star
https://cosmicpursuits.com/2843/was-the-chirstmas-star-real
https://astronomy.com/news/2020/12/the-star-of-bethlehem-can-science-explain-what-it-really-was
https://space.com/amp/14036-christmas-star-bethlehem-comet-planet-theories.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265265834_THE_STAR_OF_BETHLEHEM_A_COMET_IN_5_BC_AND_THE_DATE_OF_CHRIST'S_BIRTH_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh
https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas
Holy Bible (King James Version, of course)
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/05/california-condor-parthenogenesis-study/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/bethlehem-christ-birth-blincoe
The following clip was used under the auspices of “Fair Use” – once again, I PRAY that is a thing!
“Who’s on First” by Bud Abbot and Lou Costello
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