A delightful read for the Christmas season! The Magi are such enigmatic characters in Matthew’s Gospel, and I appreciated that this author does not try to answer all the questions raised by the story about the Magi. Rather, he notes their ambiguity and mystery, and reflects on how they’ve impacted us and why that matters.
I especially loved the closing chapter, in which the author examines some more recent adaptations of and reflections on the Magi story.