The present contribution outlines three different but partly related subjects: 1) the origin of Iranian, and in particular Mazdaean, astral lore and the beginnings of its evolution in the framework of Late Antique astrology 2) the magi and the pericope of Matthew 2:1–12 between history and spiritual fiction; 3) the astral implications of Jesus Christ’s “super star” in the light of historical methodology and textual criticism and, where possible, in comparison with the Iranian tradition.
Panaino, A. (2015). Pre-Islamic Iranian Astral Mythology, Astrology, and the Star of Bethlehem. Leiden : Brill.
Pre-Islamic Iranian Astral Mythology, Astrology, and the Star of Bethlehem
PANAINO, ANTONIO CLEMENTE DOMENICO
2015
Abstract
The present contribution outlines three different but partly related subjects: 1) the origin of Iranian, and in particular Mazdaean, astral lore and the beginnings of its evolution in the framework of Late Antique astrology 2) the magi and the pericope of Matthew 2:1–12 between history and spiritual fiction; 3) the astral implications of Jesus Christ’s “super star” in the light of historical methodology and textual criticism and, where possible, in comparison with the Iranian tradition.File in questo prodotto:
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