Dieter Koch
The Star
of Bethlehem
ISBN:
978-3-931806-09-5, 273 pages
Contents
inTRODUCTION
In The Days of Herod
Herod's Death
Quirinius and the Census
30 Years before the 15th
Year of Tiberius
The Crucifixion and the
Eclipse
Jesus’ Birth Date according to Early Christian Authors
The magi From the East 22
Priests and Astrologers from
Ancient
Zoroaster’s Prophecy of a
Redeemer
The Redeemer Figure Mithras
The “Star out of Jacob”
Priests in Search of Holy
Children
Myth and a Grain of Truth
The Star in its Rising
Why the Star has no Name
Heliacal Rising
The “Time of the Appearing
Star”
All Boys, two Years old and
under
A Predictable
Celestial Phenomenon?
The Star Went Ahead of Them...
...and Stopped Over the Place
Traditional TheorieS
Comets
Novae and Supernovae
A Jupiter-Saturn
Conjunction?
The Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
of the 17th June, 2BCE
An Occultation of
Jupiter by the Moon?
Star-shaped Aspect Figures
ON The importance of venus in Ancient times
Prejudices against Venus as
the Star of the Messiah
Venus as a Female and Male
Planet
Venus in Hellenistic Astrology
Venus in Babylonian Astrology
Venus-Ishtar and the “Mother
of God”
Venus in Zoroastrianism
Venus in Mithraism
Venus as The Star of the Messiah In Ancient israel
Herald of Dawn
Planet of the Reign of a King
“Horn” and “Lamp”
The King as “Son of God”
Abraham’s Birth Star
The Pillar of Fire and Cloud
Yahweh, the Lord of Hosts
Ashtoreth-Asherah, Queen of
Heaven
The Date of Birth of Jesus
Historical Truth of
Fiction?
Jesus as the Morning Star,
after B.A. Killian’s Theory
A Woman, Clothed with the Sun…
Born on New Year’s Day
… before
Attempts at an Astronomical
Interpretation of Revelation 12
The Madonna as a Zodiac Sign
in the Visual Arts
Crescent and Star
Connections to the Cult of
Does Revelation 12 accord with
Jesus’ Birth and Course of Life?
Some More pieces of the puzzle
Luke and the Star of the
Messiah
Several Stars in Ascent
Virgin Birth
“A Star and a Sceptre”
Joseph’s Dream
Elizabeth and Mary
John the Baptist and Jesus
Year Weeks and Years of
Jubilee
what does ancient astrology teach us?
Jesus’ Astrological Birth
Chart
Methodological Considerations
What do Present-Day
Astrologers Say about this Birth Chart?
What does Ancient Astrology
Say?
Births of Kings according to
Vettius Valens
Two Chart Readings according
to Ancient Teachings
An Astrologically
Highly Significant Date?
Conclusion
The Morning Star in Jesus’“Biography”
Morning Star, Crucifixion, and Resurrection
The Morning
Star and the Second Coming
of Christ
The four
Horsemen of the Abpocalypse
The Ideal Astrological Chart of the Second Coming
The Ideal Birth Chart of the Messiah
The Morning Star and the Baptism of Jesus
Appendix
Hellenistic Chart Reading by Chris Brennan
Hellenistic Chart Reading by Rafael Gil Brand
Literature
Dieter Koch
The Star of Bethlehem
ISBN: 978-3-931806-09-5, 273 pages