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005			20251028093415.0
008			140624s2015 ilua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014024971
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781433542138
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDXCP _dBTCTA _dOCLCQ _dVF$
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020			_a1433542137 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781433542169 _q(ePub)
020			_z9781433542145 _q(PDF)
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035			_a(OCoLC)881824300
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050	0	0	_aQB 724 _b.N53 2015
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100	1		_aNicholl, Colin R., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe great Christ comet : _brevealing the true Star of Bethlehem / _cColin R. Nicholl.
264		1	_aWheaton, Illinois : _bCrossway, _c2015
300			_a365 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c27 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_a"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.
650		0	_aComets.
650		0	_aStar of Bethlehem.
650		0	_aAstronomy in the Bible.
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