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Re: The Star of Bethlehem and Navigation
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2008 Dec 31, 19:41 +0200
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2008 Dec 31, 19:41 +0200
Geoffrey Kolbe wrote: "First of all, it is clear from Matthew that the Wise Men came "from the East". So the implication is that in following a star to take them West, the star must have been in the West. The heliacal rising of Venus would have been in the East, wherever they came from, so they were not "following" Venus in the way we might simply expect." If their original location was sufficiently east of Jerusalem the daylight wouldn't have alowed them to see Venus or any other "star". For this they would have had to go west where bright stars were still visible in the dawn. Marcel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
