Journey of the Magi : In Search of the Birth of Jesus

Intrigued by Polo’s description of the tombs of the Magi, the author headed for Iran in search of the real Three Kings, fire-worshipping Zoroastrian priests who voyaged from the east to worship the baby Jesus. [...] Page iii Paul William Rober ts JOURNEY OF THE MAGI in search of the birth of jesus Journey of the Magi-PR3. [...] Raincoast Books acknowledges the ongoing financial support of the Government of Canada through The Canada Council for the Arts and the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP); and the Government of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council. [...] Page vi ALSO BY PAUL WILLIAM ROBERTS River in the Desert: Modern Travels in Ancient Egypt The Palace of Fears, a novel Empire of the Soul: Some Journeys in India The Demonic Comedy: Some Detours in the Iraq of Saddam Hussein Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld (with Norman Snider) A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq Journey of the Magi-PR3. [...] Page x Author’s Notes when it broke with the Eastern orthodoxy — I use the term to mean orthodox Pauline Christianity during and after the third century, because all the facts point to the Roman Empire’s plans for an imperial faith from around this period on, and the journey from minor Jewish sect to Holy Roman Empire is a leap of such startling scope that it could only be the work of human beings