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In: The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi
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Peter Barthel
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i–xxi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004308473_001

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The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi

Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Experts on the Ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman World, and Modern Astronomy

Series:  Themes in Biblical Narrative, Volume: 19
Cover The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi
E-Book ISBN:
9789004308473
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2015
1 Kepler’s De Vero Anno (1614)
2 The Historical Basis for the Star of Bethlehem
3 A Critical Look at the History of Interpreting the Star of Bethlehem in Scientific Literature and Biblical Studies
4 An Astronomical and Historical Evaluation of Molnar’s Solution
5 Astronomical Thoughts on the Star of Bethlehem
6 De Ster der Wijzen (1920): A Forgotten Early Publication about the Star of Bethlehem
7 What, If Anything?
8 The Astronomical Resources for Ancient Astral Prognostications
9 Mesopotamian Astrological Geography
10 The Story of the Magi in the Light of Alexander the Great’s Encounters with Chaldeans
11 Pre-Islamic Iranian Astral Mythology, Astrology, and the Star of Bethlehem
12 Matthew’s Magi as Experts on Kingship
13 Greco-Roman Astrologers, the Magi, and Mithraism
14 The Star of Bethlehem and Greco-Roman Astrology, Especially Astrological Geography
15 The World Leader from the Land of the Jews: Josephus, Jewish War 6.300–315; Tacitus, Histories 5.13; and Suetonius, Vespasian 4.5
16 Stars and Powers: Astrological Thinking in Imperial Politics from the Hasmoneans to Bar Kokhba
17 Balaam’s ‘Star Oracle’ (Num 24:15–19) in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Bar Kokhba
18 The Star of the Magi and the Prophecy of Balaam in Earliest Christianity, with Special Attention to the Lost Books of Balaam
19 Matthew’s Star, Luke’s Census, Bethlehem, and the Quest for the Historical Jesus
20 Matthew, the Parthians, and the Magi: A Contextualization of Matthew’s Gospel in Roman-Parthian Relations of the First Centuries bce and ce
Epilogue
Indices
4. Subject Index

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