Despite attempts by a modern biblical scholarship to debunk the gospel account of three magi visiting the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem, the stories were “historically true” according to extensive research by author Dwight Longenecker. In his new book, Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men, Longenecker, a scholar and Catholic priest, states that an impartial study of the relevant data “shows beyond a reasonable doubt” that the Magi of Matthew’s gospel were historical figures.
For many years, Longenecker writes, skeptical scholars have rejected the possibility that the infancy stories about Jesus could be historical for a number of reasons, such as the fact that they contain supernatural elements. “The first problem with this is that the skeptic simply assumes supernatural experiences are impossible, therefore any story that contains supernatural elements must be a fanciful invention,” he notes. READ MORE
If anyone is smart enough to do “actual” research, Biblical research, you/they’ll find that 1.) Yahuah’s calendar was/is different than our, 2.) Messiah was born during the Spring Feasts, that of Shavuot/Feast of Weeks..See the account in Luke 1. There can’t be any shepherds in the fields tending sheep in the middle of winter…