Welcome to the Eric Metaxis show with your host, Eric Metaxus.

This is the Eric McTaxus show. I'm Eric Metaxaxis. 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 Nicol has solved the problem.

Right now, this is my conversation in Oxford, England, with Dr. Colin Nicol, about his book,

The Great Christ Comet.

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 Comet. I think Dr. Nicol, the author pronounces it, great Christ Comet.

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 soupsaint 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. Nickel claims, and I think proves that's what makes this so big,

to have discovered what is 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 Comet released officially September 30th, 2015.

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