A single Syriac manuscript, the Vatican Syriac Codex 162, copied in the 8th century likely from a much earlier composition, The Revelation of the Magi was "resurrected" and translated by a certain Brent Landau. He titled it "The Revelation of the Magi" for editorial purposes.
Historically credible as a genuine Syriac Christian text, it presents the following narrative of the Nativity:
- The Magi are not kings but a sacred community of mystics from the East.
- They guard a primordial revelation given by Adam and transmitted through generations.
- The star is not an object but a divine light that manifests as Christ himself.
- Christ appears to the Magi in a luminous, pre-incarnate form before his birth in Bethlehem.
- Their journey is initiated by inner revelation, not astrology.
- Salvation is universal, cosmic, and rooted in ancient wisdom, not confined to Israel or Rome.
- The Incarnation fulfills a truth older than Judaism and accessible beyond Christianity.
In essence: Christ is the eternal divine light revealed to all humanity through multiple traditions, and the Magi represent ancient spiritual lineages recognizing that light directly.