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When was Jesus Born

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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />

we cannot really know since we do not have the wisdom of the<br />

“wise men”. Today we think differently.<br />

The phenomena should point to a King, to the Tribe of Judah and<br />

to a birth of a baby.<br />

Kepler the early scientist to whom we owe the science of planetary<br />

motion with heliocentric explanation in the early 17 th century suggested<br />

that it might have been a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn appearing<br />

near some other star. At that time it <strong>was</strong> argued that since Herod died in<br />

4 BC, the signs were sought during the period 7-5 BC. With the<br />

revised date of death of Herod as 1 BC we have been trying to identify<br />

the star of the Magi using sophisticated computer programs.<br />

In the ancient Jewish Zodiac, this twelfth sign <strong>was</strong> the sign of<br />

Judah.<br />

Leo Represents the Tribe of Judah.<br />

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