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History, mystery and the Christmas story

Wise men from afar, angels visiting shepherds in the night, a child cradled in a manger — through what lens shall these stories be viewed? Are they fact or fiction? Kenneth Bailey reflects.

Wise men from afar, angel visitors to shepherds in the night, a child cradled in a manger — through what lens shall these stories be viewed? Are they to be placed in the same mental file with The Legends of King Arthur or are they events with names and places that occurred in human history? Are they fact or fiction?

At All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 16, 1977, Bishop Kenneth Cragg, the venerable Anglican scholar,...

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