标题： 伯利恒之星——一些理论和背景：从古代东方占星术到开普勒和牛顿 显示英文标题

标题： Der Stern von Bethlehem -- Einige Theorien und Hintergruende: Von der altorientalischen Astrologie ueber Kepler zu Newton

摘要： 许多人都曾着手撰写关于伯利恒之星的论文，尤其是对开普勒关于这颗星作为恒星诞生的解释进行探讨，这一解释是由火星加入木星和土星的大合相所引发的，他于1604年10月观察到了这一现象。 我的短篇论文旨在以一种希望易于理解的方式，介绍基督诞生时期古代物理学、占星术和天文学的基本概念，并展示它们从那时起直到近代早期的重要发展。 在这一过程中，开普勒发挥了重要作用。 他的贡献使他能够精确地回推到公元前7年，发现黄道十二宫双鱼座中的一次三重大合相，随后又有火星加入其中。 这一点既得到了巴比伦传统，也得到了现代天文学的证实。 以下提供的背景信息可能对更偏向神学的读者特别有帮助，同时也因为涉及了“地心说”和“日心说”（哥白尼）世界体系之间的争议。 此外，由于整体背景引发了神学问题，这也成为结论部分所讨论的内容。 显示英文摘要

摘要： Many have have taken in hand to write a treatise on the Star of Bethlehem, particularly on Kepler's explanation as a stellar birth, triggered by Mars joining a great conjunction (a meeting of Jupiter and Saturn), as he observed it in October 1604. It is the aim of my short treatise to introduce, at a hopefully well digestible level, into underlying antiquity's concepts of physics, astrology, and astronomy around the time of Christ's birth and to demonstrate their essential developments up to the early modern period. In the latter, Kepler played a significant role. His contributions enabled him to calculate back to the year 7 BC with astonishing precision, locating a triple great conjunction in Pisces, which was then complemented by Mars. This is confirmed by both Babylonian tradition and modern astronomy. The following background provided may be specifically helpful for a more theologically oriented audience, also because the controversy surrounding "geocentric" and "heliocentric" world systems (Copernicus) is touched upon. And, because the overall context raises questions for theology, with which the epilogue concludes.