This is Eric Mataksa Show with your host, Eric Mataksa.

This is the Eric Mataksa Show. I'm Eric Mataksa. I hope you're enjoying your Labor Day weekend.

What's left of it? Some of you know that earlier this summer, I went to Oxford, England to record a series of conversations for something we call Socrates in the city.

One of the most extraordinary conversations of the group, if you've ever wondered, is the star of Bethlehem in the Bible real?

Dr. Colin Nichol has solved the problem. Right now, this is my conversation in Oxford, England with Dr. Colin Nichol about his book, The Great Christ Comment.

What we have today is without a doubt extra special. It is sort of, it's news, I guess.

I don't know that we've done anything before that's news. It may be news to the folks watching it, may have not heard of it before, but this is actual news.

This is a big deal in the world of biblical studies, in the world of historical studies. This is a big deal.

And I have the privilege of interviewing in a few moments, the author of a new book, The Great Christ Comment.

I think Dr. Nichol, the author, pronounces it great, Christ Comment. But wherever you're from, it's really great.

And I had the joy of reading this book, and it is so exciting. So I hope we can give you a soup soul, something, a taste of what this is.

I hope you'll read the book yourself. But to give you a background of what we're talking about, first of all, Dr. Nichol claims, and I think proves, that's what makes this so big, to have discovered what is the thing that we call the book.

The thing that we call the star of Bethlehem, just big stuff here. So, in any case, so he's the author of this book, which will be just out now.

The Great Christ Comment released officially September 30th, 2015. The Great Christ Comment revealing the true star of Bethlehem. Previously, he's written from Hope to Despair in Thessalonica.

Sounds like an independent film. Previously, a teacher at the University of Cambridge, by the way, he got his PhD at the other place.

And he was professor of New Testament at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in my neck of the woods, New England.

He has devoted himself to say the least, to biblical research. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Journal of Theological Studies and the Times of London.

Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm sock to ease in the city. Oxford edition, welcome to my guests for this eighth and final session here. Dr. Colin R. Nichol. Dr. Nichol, welcome to this stage, to this forum.

I'm so glad to have you here. Have a seat. Oh, look at this. You weren't excited enough. The first copy of the book, there it is. You have got to be excited.

Well, it is, it's the culmination of four and a half years of a lot of work. Essentially, I'm biblical scholar, so it was really a journey, a long journey into astronomy.

And little by little bit conquering more and more and eventually slowly, but surely in stages coming up with it. And many Eureka moments along the way. So it really is, it's exciting.

It's kind of nerve-wracking to presenting the findings to the world. The great John Lennox, professor of mathematics here at Oxford has written an outstanding book, quite breathtaking in the range of its scholarship, a real tour de force.

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