Star of Bethlehem

==External links==
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* Case, Shirley Jackson (2006). ''Jesus: A New Biography'', Gorgias Press LLC: New Ed. {{ISBN|1-59333-475-3}}.
*Coates, Richard (2008) [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/hovo/downloads/text1_10a.pdf 'A linguist's angle on the Star of Bethlehem', ''Astronomy and Geophysics'', 49, pp. 27–49]
* Consolmagno S.J., Guy (2010) [http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20101231_1.htm Looking for a star or Coming to Adore?]
* Gill, Victoria: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20730828 Star of Bethlehem: the astronomical explanations and Reading the Stars] by Helen Jacobus with link to, Jacobus, Helen, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/20786572 Ancient astrology: how sages read the heavens/ Did the heavens predict a king?], ''BBC''
* Jenkins, R.M., "[http://www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk/www/media/Publications_BAS_Documents/the_star_of_bethlehem.pdf The Star of Bethlehem and the Comet of 66AD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005222753/http://www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk/www/media/Publications_BAS_Documents/the_star_of_bethlehem.pdf |date=2018-10-05 }}", ''Journal of the British Astronomy Association'', June 2004, '''114''', pp.&nbsp;336–43. This article argues that the Star of Bethlehem is a historical fiction influenced by the appearance of [[Halley's Comet]] in AD 66.
* Larson, Frederick A. [http://www.bethlehemstar.net What Was the Star?]
* Nicholl, Colin R.,  [http://greatchristcomet.com/thegreatchristcomet-endorsements.html ''The Great Christ Comet: Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019193309/http://greatchristcomet.com/thegreatchristcomet-endorsements.html |date=2016-10-19 }}.  Crossway, 2015.  {{ISBN|978-1-4335-4213-8}}
* [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/stellamagorum/stellamagorum.htm Star of Bethlehem Bibliography]. Provides an extensive bibliography with Web links to online sources.

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