My Dad (A Methodist Minister who trained at Didsbury College in Bristol) forwarded the following story -
Your mention of the O.T. reminded me of Dr.Frost of McGill University, Canada lecturing at college many years ago - his subject was parallel religions to Yahweh-ism in the O.T. period.
Dealing with the dualistic religions of Persia, he noted in passing, that the wise men mentioned in N.T.were not numbered as 'three', as common assumption presumed, - nor were they kings - but would have been (had they really been), three astrologers from Eastern courts.
When next morning, the learned Doctor came into the assembled dining hall, where all the students were having their breakfast, the college choir stood as one man and sang -
' The old wise men, they ain't what they use to be,
ain't what they used to be, ain't what they used to be
The old wise men, they ain't what they use to be,
so the sages say !'
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