58:7
“They left the basin outside. Water reflected the star for a moment and then reflected only the faces leaning above it.”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
What is history and what is fiction?
Open reconstructionThe chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history.
Historical anchor
Pādyāb is a Zoroastrian water ablution; Matthew does not describe the Magi performing it.
Fiction boundary
The ritual before entering the house is fictional theological foreshadowing.