TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholl,Colin R.
TI  - The great Christ comet: revealing the true Star of Bethlehem 
SN  - 9781433542138
AV  - QB 724 .N53 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Wheaton, Illinois
PB  - Crossway
KW  - Comets
KW  - Star of Bethlehem
KW  - Astronomy in the Bible
N1  - 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
ER  -