(The Conversation) — As Christmas approaches, Nativity scenes showing three wise men visiting the newborn Jesus are put up around the world. A scholar of Christian literature offers an ...

Magi on the ox cart Christians from all over the world revere them as the "Three Wise Men from the East" who followed the star of Bethlehem to Jesus' manger and paid homage to him as the newborn ...

who follow a star and come to pay homage to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In the Bible, they are not called kings, and their number is not specified—instead they are “wise men from the East.” ...

Two shepherds walk into the stable. OISIN: Did anybody else go to see Jesus when he was born? *We see three wise men under a night sky. They point up to a bright star, amazed. * NARRATOR ...

On Monday, millions across the globe are celebrating Three Kings Day, also known as "Día de los Reyes," the Epiphany, Old Christmas and Little Christmas...but what exactly does the holiday ...

You thought the holidays were over. Technically, no — not until Jan. 6, when Christians all over the world celebrate Epiphany. In some places, the day is known as “Three Kings Day” after the ...

But never fear, as Raedisch wrote in “The Old Magic of Christmas,” the beasts could be banished by the biblical wise men arriving to see the baby Jesus at Epiphany, celebrated at the end of ...

Already at his birth, Jesus is bringing together Jews and Gentiles, Israel and the nations. The Jewish shepherds we heard about on Christmas day are now joined by the Gentile wise men at the manger.

Eric Vanden Eykel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Christmas Nativity scenes around the world feature a familiar cast of characters: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, an angel or two, some barnyard animals, shepherds and, of course, the three wise men led by a ...