Marek Kukula

Following yonder star

But the astronomer Marek Kukula wonders whether Colin Nicholl’s exhaustive treatment of ‘the Great Christ Comet’ may miss the whole point of the gospel story

issue 12 December 2015

  • The Great Christ Comet: Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem

    Colin Nicholl

    Crossway Books, pp. 368

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