Chronos, Kairos, Christos: Nativity and Chronological Studies Presented to Jack FineganJerry Vardaman, Edwin M. Yamauchi |
Contents
The Significance of the Structure of Matthew | 3 |
The Star of the Magi and Babylonian Astronomy | 41 |
A New Chronology | 55 |
The Nativity and Herods Death | 85 |
The Date of the Death of Herod the Great | 101 |
The Keystone for Dating the Birth of Jesus | 133 |
Astronomy and the Date of the Crucifixion | 165 |
Cautionary Notes on the Use of Calendars and Astronomy | 183 |
Historical Reality or Literary | 209 |
A New Chronology for the Life and Letters of Paul | 223 |
Common terms and phrases
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