Retrograde Motion and the Phenomenological Language of the Bible Excerpt from my book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Explanation for the passage, "the star went before them" (Matthew 2:9), including descriptions of biblical phenomenological language and retrograde motion.
As Israel's government tilts further rightwards, Amit Halevi has proposed splitting the holy site between Muslims and Jews, in defiance of the historical status quo