text: Raymond Brown, Roman Catholic priest and NT scholar:
  
  <<The Moses story also comes into the picture when the wicked ruler (pharaoh, Herod) tries to slay all the male children (of the Hebrews, of the Bethlehemites), only to have one (Moses, Jesus) escape and become the savior of his people. The magi contribute to the Moses parallelism, for in Jewish legends of Jesus' time the pharaoh received information from wise men.  Also, later when Moses was leading Israel through the Transjordan, the wicked King Balak summoned Balaam (whom Philo calls a magos) from the East to curse Israel; but instead he saw the star of the Davidic king arise (Num 22-24).>>
  
  Introduction to the New Testament, p. 176.
  
  Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI remarked he "would be very happy if we had many exegetes like Father Brown."
  
  As for your cheap imputation of motive, I respond to persuasive arguments, not personal preferences. It would make life a lot easier if that were not so.