The Journey of the Magi: The Truth about the "Three Kings" and the Historical Jesus [Paperback]

Hans Holzer (Author)

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Publication Date: November 2005

Who were the Three Kings and why were they traveling together? What was the "star" they followed? Where were they coming from? As a student of archeology and ancient history, with a Master's Degree in comparative religion besides a Ph.D., Hans Holzer is just the person to answer these questions. He also called on the exacting scholarship of the University of Chicago and The Interlinear Translation of the New Testament and his knowledge of ancient numismatics, especially pertaining to the coins of the first century A.D. issued in Kabul and Petra. Pinpointing the real date of the birth of Jesus, Holzer concludes that the experience of the shepherds and of the Three Kings was separated by an interval of two years. He became convinced that the Journey of the Kings took a long time and that they came a long way. The Journey of the Magi takes you along on his quest to uncover and understand the evidence that reveals the journey of the Three Kings and the journey of humankind to follow the Light that will lead them out of darkness.

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About the Author

Hans Holzer studied at the University of Vienna, Austria, and at Columbia University, New York, and received a Master's Degree followed by a Doctorate in Philosophy from the London College of Applied Science. He taught for eight years at the New York Institute of Technology and has been a guest lecturer at many colleges and universities. He specializes in Biblical archaeology and parapsychology. He has also been a writer and producer of television documentaries, including the series In Search of. He lives in New York City and has traveled extensively.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Blue Dolphin Publishing (November 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577331648
• ISBN-13: 978-1577331643
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,588,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Personal Speculation, June 15, 2010

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This is a very thin speculative book based on the author's broad leaps from tiny slivers of evidence to far away conclusions that suit his personal and religious predjudices. Often he is simply intuiting his conclusions based on his own feeling, and the whole thing seems like a phony rant. His material about the coins is - at least - original. But it's all made suspect by his huge leaps of logic. Basically, bull.

2.0 out of 5 stars MORE "SPECULATIVE" THAN "HISTORICAL"---BUT OF SOME INTEREST, December 9, 2011

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This review is from: The Journey of the Magi: The Truth about the "Three Kings" and the Historical Jesus (Paperback)

Hans Holzer (1920-2009) was an Austrian-born, American paranormal researcher, and author of more than 100 books.

The subtitle of this 2006 book might persuade a prospective reader that it is an objective, "historical" survey; in reality, it is extremely speculative (treating Astrology, the "seven levels of the Other Side," and wild interpretations of the Dead Sea Scrolls as established facts, for instance), although not without some interest.

He (rather immodestly) suggested in the Introduction that he was the first scholar to separate the experience of the shepherds and of the three Magi by two years, to identify the real date of the birth of Jesus, and the arrival of the three Magi, as well as who they were and why they traveled together.

He suggests that Jesus was a Libra (Pg. 15), although there is little historical evidence he uses to support this.

He suggests (Pg. 30-31) that Balthasar, the last of the three Magi was the Emperor of Ethiopia.

On the negative side, he confuses the "Immaculate Conception" with the Virgin Birth (Pg. 81-82).