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الرسالة: [QUOTE="فادي الكلداني, post: 3274149, member: 108978"] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][B][FONT=Gentium]άγος, ου, ὁ[/FONT][/B] [I][FONT=Charis SIL]magos[/FONT][/I] magician, soothsayer[URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn1"]*[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5]There are 6 occurrences in the NT. According to the infancy narrative of Matthew (2:1, 7, 16 bis) “[I]magi[/I] [I]/[/I] [I]wise men[/I] from the East ([FONT=Gentium]μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν[/FONT])” ([URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn2"]v.[/URL] 1) came to Jerusalem to worship the newborn child (v. 2).[/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5]The term [FONT=Gentium]μάγος[/FONT] is derived from the name of a Median tribe that served as priests in the Persian religion (Herodotus i.101) and were involved in astrology and astronomy. Consequently in antiquity astrologers, interpreters of dreams, and soothsayers from the East were called magi (cf. Herodotus vii.37; Porphyry [I]De Abstinentia[/I] iv.16; also [COLOR=#000080]Isa 47:13[/COLOR]; [COLOR=#000080]Dan 2:2[/COLOR]; [COLOR=#008000][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn3"]Josephus [/URL][/COLOR][I][/I][I][COLOR=#008000]Ant.[/COLOR][/I][I][/I] xx.142), with emphasis on their secret knowledge and their capacity for magic. Jewish texts recognize the knowledge of the magi ([COLOR=#008000][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn4"]Philo [/URL][/COLOR][I][/I][I][COLOR=#008000]Spec. Leg.[/COLOR][/I][I][/I]. iii.100), while in the rabbinic literature the magi are known predominantly as deceivers and charlatans ([I][/I][I][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Charis SIL][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn5"]b.[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][/I][I][FONT=Charis SIL] [/FONT][/I][I][/I][I][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Charis SIL][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn6"]Šabb.[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][/I] 75a; cf. [COLOR=#000080]Deut 18:9ff[/COLOR].; [COLOR=#000080]2 Kgs 9:22[/COLOR]). [/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][U][B]Matthew understands the [FONT=Gentium]μάγοι[/FONT][/B][/U][U][B] as learned men (probably from Babylon)[/B][/U] who understand the stars, who as Gentiles recognize the signs of the birth of Christ and consequently come to understand the ******ure (2:5f.).[/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftn7"][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftnref1"]* [/URL]All New Testament occurrences of this word are mentioned in the body of this article.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftnref2"]v. [/URL]verse[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftnref3"][COLOR=#008000]Josephus [/COLOR][/URL]Josephus [I]Antiquitates Judaicae[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftnref4"][COLOR=#008000]Philo [/COLOR][/URL]Philo [I]De Specialibus Legibus[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftnref5"][I][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Charis SIL]b. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/URL]Babylonian Talmud[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][URL="http://www.arabchurch.com/forums/#_ftnref6"][I][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Charis SIL]Šabb. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][FONT=Charis SIL]Šabbat [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5]Balz, H. R., & Schneider, G. (1990-c1993). [I]Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament[/I]. Translation of: Exegetisches Worterbuch zum Neuen Testament. (2:371). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. [B]نحن نعتقد وبشدة كما يؤكد العالمان بالز وشنايدر - على ان المجوس هم من أصول كلدانية - بابلية، كونهم على دراية بعلم الفلك والنجوم - وكذلك قراءة الاحلام وغيرها من العلوم الانسانية. وما يزيدنا فخراً كوننا كلدانيين هو اننا كنا من أوائل الساجدين للمسيح والمؤمنين به حتى قبل التلاميذ انفسهم! تحياتي [/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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