Re: The New Year

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:24:02 -0600 "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
writes:
> The concensus (if such it be) seems to be that it was precisely
> 6 B.C., since that coincided with a conjunction of Jupiter and
> the Moon in Ares, which to ancient astrologers was the sign of
> Judaea.  According to this same theory, the gospel-writer simply
> confused the Roman governor Quirinius with Quintilius, who served
> a decade before, in 6 B.C.
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> Thomas Wier            "I find it useful to meet my subjects
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Which was the sign of Judea?  Jupiter, the Moon, or Ares?  Or the
combination of all three?  And who considered it the sign of Judea?  I
can't remember ever seeing a Jewish source associating Judea with an
astronomical phenomenon, except for the association of the varying
fortunes of the Jewish People as being similar to the waxing and waning
of the moon.
This could have implications for my conculturage of Judajca-speaking
Judea in Ill Bethisad...


-Stephen (Steg)
 "barukh yotzereikh, barukh `oseikh,
  barukh qoneikh, barukh bor'eikh;
  hu yevareikh et yisra'eil meqadesheikh..."

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