Epiphany, Exaltation and the 'Sky Astonished': How a Methodical Approach to Identifying the 'Star of Bethlehem' as Astrological Justification for Messianic Claims Leads to Striking Text-to-Sky Correlations
The Nativity story is likely to be to some degree a non-historical fiction, but one that may well have used real astrological data for the purpose of messianic justification after the manner of the publication of the horoscope of Augustus. This paper first looks for the existing explanation of the s...
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| Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck
2021
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Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2021, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 334-367 |
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B Magi B heavenly host B Hellenistic astrology B Nativity B Gospels |
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