The Story of the Other Wise Man: A Christian Christmas Tale (Annotated) - Couverture souple

Van Dyke, Henry

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ISBN 13 : 9798366204545

Editeur : Independently published, 2022

Synopsis

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Synopsis:

The Other Wise Man by American author Henry Van Dyke is a short novel originally published in 1895.

The story portrays Artaban, a priest of the Magi who is one of the Medes from Persia and the "fourth" wise man (according to the myth that there were three Magi). He notices signs in the sky, much like the other Magi, that a King has been born among the Jews. Like them, he travels to meet the newborn ruler while carrying gifts for the newborn, including a sapphire, a ruby, and a "pearl of great price." He delays his arrival at the caravan of the other three wise men because he stops to assist a dying man on the road. He must sell one of his valuables in order to obtain camels and provisions needed for the journey because he missed the caravan and cannot cross the desert on a horse alone. He then sets out on his quest but doesn't make it to Bethlehem in time to see the infant whose parents had fled to Egypt. He then sacrifices another of his valuables to save a youngster’s life.

After that, he embarks on a long journey that takes him to Egypt along with several other countries as he looks for Jesus while also engaging in deeds of kindness. He travels for 33 years and encounters many challenges before reaching a shocking conclusion.

Excerpt:

‘In the days when Augustus Caesar was master of many kings and Herod reigned in Jerusalem, there lived in the city of Ecbatana, among the mountains of Persia, a certain man named Artaban, the Median. His house stood close to the outermost of the seven walls which encircled the royal treasury. From his roof he could look over the rising battlements of black and white and crimson and blue and red and silver and gold, to the hill where the summer palace of the Parthian emperors glittered like a jewel in a sevenfold crown.

Around the dwelling of Artaban spread a fair garden, a tangle of flowers and fruit trees, watered by a score of streams descending from the slopes of Mount Orontes, and made musical by innumerable birds. But all color was lost in the soft and odorous darkness of the late September night, and all sounds were hushed in the deep charm of its silence, save the plashing of the water, like a voice half sobbing and half laughing under the shadows. High above the trees a dim glow of light shone through the curtained arches of the upper chamber, where the master of the house was holding council with his friends.’

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798366204545
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 40
• Éditeur: Classics Ginger
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne