The great Christ comet : revealing the true Star of Bethlehem - Nicholl, Colin R. (Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, 2015)
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Comets; Star of Bethlehem; Astronomy in the Bible