An edited academic volume from the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) tracing the theory and practice of conjunction-based mundane astrology from Masha'allah in eighth century Baghdad through Abu Ma'shar's systematic elaboration to Kepler's own engagement with the tradition, including essays on Saturn-Jupiter conjunctions across medieval Islamic, Jewish and Latin astrology. The standard scholarly account of the specific conjunctionist throughline this atlas cites for both the medieval Jewish Pisces-and-history material and Kepler's Star of Bethlehem hypothesis.
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This edited academic volume, from the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, is treated at the top tier as the standard scholarly account of the specific conjunctionist astrological throughline it traces. NotesAcademic essay collection from a university research centre devoted to the history of astrology, edited by two established historians in the field (Burnett, Warburg Institute; Greenbaum). Same publisher and director, Nicholas Campion, as the existing A History of Western Astrology citation. Use for the Masha'allah-to-Kepler conjunctionist tradition specifically; it is a history of the practice, not an argument for its validity.
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AuthorCharles Burnett and Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum (editors)
PublisherSophia Centre Press, Ceredigion
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://www.sophiacentrepress.com/
Source TypeEdited volume
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This source names Baghdad directly: "from Masha'allah in eighth century Baghdad through Abu Ma'shar's systematic elaboration to Kepler's own engagement with the tradition, including essays on Saturn-Jupiter conjunctions across medieval..."
This source names Bethlehem directly: "material and Kepler's Star of Bethlehem hypothesis."
This source names Jupiter directly: "tradition, including essays on Saturn-Jupiter conjunctions across medieval Islamic, Jewish and Latin astrology."
This source names King David directly: "(University of Wales Trinity Saint David) tracing the theory and practice of conjunction-based mundane astrology from Masha'allah in eighth century Baghdad through Abu Ma'shar's systematic..."
This source names Saturn directly: "the tradition, including essays on Saturn-Jupiter conjunctions across medieval Islamic, Jewish and Latin astrology."
This source names Sophia directly: "An edited academic volume from the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) tracing the theory and practice of conjunction-based mundane..."
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This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 14 claims: 8 well-attested, 6 holds.
- Ages, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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