The great Christ comet : revealing the true Star of Bethlehem / Colin R. Nicholl.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, 2015Description: 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781433542138
  • 1433542137
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB 724 .N53 2015
Contents:
"Star of wonder", introducing the Bethlehem Star -- "We beheld (it is no fable)", the testimony of Matthew's Gospel -- "They looked up and saw a star", the story of the Star -- "What star is this?", evaluating the major hypotheses -- "What sudden radiance from afar?", introducing comets -- "A stranger midst the orbs of light", the star as a comet -- "Yon virgin, mother and child", the celestial wonder -- "With royal beauty bright", Messiah's star -- "Lo, the star appeareth", profiling the comet -- "Following yonder star", tracking the comet -- "Brightest and best of the sons of the morning", the greatest historical comet -- "The light everlasting that fades not away", the ongoing story -- Appendix 1: the Chinese comet records -- Appendix 2: the meteor storm of 6 BC.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"Star of wonder", introducing the Bethlehem Star -- "We beheld (it is no fable)", the testimony of Matthew's Gospel -- "They looked up and saw a star", the story of the Star -- "What star is this?", evaluating the major hypotheses -- "What sudden radiance from afar?", introducing comets -- "A stranger midst the orbs of light", the star as a comet -- "Yon virgin, mother and child", the celestial wonder -- "With royal beauty bright", Messiah's star -- "Lo, the star appeareth", profiling the comet -- "Following yonder star", tracking the comet -- "Brightest and best of the sons of the morning", the greatest historical comet -- "The light everlasting that fades not away", the ongoing story -- Appendix 1: the Chinese comet records -- Appendix 2: the meteor storm of 6 BC.

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