The Star of Bethlehem by Mark Kidger
Several years ago, according to the Bible, a star rose low in the east and stopped high above Bethlehem. Was it a miracle? Drawing on Babylonian sky charts, medieval paintings, data from space probes, and calculations about the speed of a camel, this work offers an account of what it may have been that illuminated the night skies 2 millennia ago.
An easily accessible style permits readers with minimal scientific training to share in the excitement of Kidger's rare feat of scholarly sleuthing.. Kidger will not only convince all doubters, but his book will reset the terms for future attempts to put the scriptural Star in scientific context. Booklist Plenty of new and old data about the night sky and more than a little ancient history inform Kidger's clear account of his own and other's theories about the portent that led the Magi to Judea. Publisher's Weekly Stunningly, incredibly wonderfully an astronomer is now claiming that the age old story we were told as children may be based on the truth... I am inclined to agree with him. [This is] the most compelling solution yet to the mystery. -- Robert Matthew The Express
Kidger, Mark: - Mark Kidger is an astronomer at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid. He is the author of Astronomical Enigmas: Life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem, and Other Milky Way Mysteries, also published by Johns Hopkins.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780691058238 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691058237 |
| Title | The Star of Bethlehem |
| Author | Mark Kidger |
| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1999-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2000 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |