MichaelR. Molnar, The Star of Bethlehem: The legacy of the Magi (New Brunswick, 1999), 15–31. See also “Review Symposium: The Star of Bethlehem, by Michael R. Molnar”, by MichaelHoskinDavidW. HughesBirdsallNeville J., Journal for the history of astronomy, xxxiii (2002), 386–94.
2.
Molnar, op. cit., 48–53.
3.
FrederickH. Cramer, Astrology in Roman law and politics (Philadelphia, 1954), 3–19. See also the collection of works in NeugebauerO., Astronomy and history: Selected essays (New York, 1983), and idem, The exact sciences in Antiquity, rev edn (New York, 1993).
4.
Molnar, op. cit., 87–89, 92–94, 100. The horoscope of Emperor Hadrian also had Jupiter in the east, ibid., 137–8.
5.
Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos2.3.
6.
Manilius, Astronomica4.744–54.
7.
Valens, Anthology1.2.
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Suetonius, Lives, Nero 40.
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See the list of sources in Molnar, op. cit., 114–16.
10.
Pentateuch 5.35.20. See also further discussion of this subject in Molnar, op. cit., 110–14.
11.
Maternus, Mathesis 3.3.9. See also MichaelR. Molnar, “Firmicus Maternus and the Star of Bethlehem”, Culture and cosmos, iii/1 (spring/summer 1999), 3–9.
12.
AugustusCaesar claimed to be born under Capricorn because that is where the moon was with his Lot of Fortune, but Jupiter was in its exaltation in Cancer which gave his horoscope its regal importance. See Molnar, op. cit., 134–7.
