Intended for an audience of Jews and Gentile, Matthews Gospel was organized in a way that it mirrored many important aspects of both group's religions. ... This inclusion of the birth narrative may be attributed to a the authors having a different supply of sources, or simply they felt the story had not only informative functions, but also gives the Gospel as a whole the ability to reach more Christian and most importantly non-Christian people. ... The wise Magi are those who visit the Messiah in Matthew's Gospel, and they continue as important figures in the rest of the story. .....

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Within a faith tradition, historical personas help to define, or at the very least provide a general understanding of acceptable and intolerable behavior within that tradition. Such illustrious figures may seem palpable in our day-to-day lives because their legacies have endured throughout the ages and remained very much germane to modern religious dialogue. Since their corporeal existence, however, these personas have been subjected to a multitude of interpretations, necessitating the circumspection with which one must attempt to perceive their true natures and standings within a faith tradit...

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