VISIT OF THE WISE MEN by Hollis Frances

VISIT OF THE WISE MEN

What if the first Christmas left a trail of evidence you could follow? Visit of the Wise Men sets out to find it.

It starts on solid ground. Archaeological documentaries make the case that the Exodus was a real event at a real moment in history. The book walks into the world Mary, Joseph, and Jesus lived in, with its weekly scramble to ready the Sabbath and wedding customs that pulled in the whole community.

Bethlehem was no ordinary town. It bred the sacred sheep raised for the Temple sacrifices, which gives the birthplace of Jesus a weight most readers never catch.

The book also looks up. Using astronomy software, it finds possible evidence of the miraculous conception and the birth of Jesus, written in the constellations. Not argued in words. Shown.

It ends by setting Luke’s account beside Matthew’s, marking where they split, and handing that puzzle to you.

TOPICS OF CONVERSATION

• The book and what led to it: Hollis explains how a documentary called The Star of Bethlehem sent him to the stars to check the dates tied to Jesus’s birth.
• An engineer’s method: Thirty years of working on MRI and other imaging machines taught him to start with a blank mind and keep gathering information.
• Jewish engagements and “tying the knot”: Families negotiated a marriage contract to protect the bride, and she had to untie a knot to show her wisdom.
• Zodiac versus astrology: Hollis says the Hebrew zodiac isn’t fortune-telling, and the meanings he uses come from older books built on ancient Egyptian and Arabic astronomers.
• A June birth and a star that wasn’t a star: He counts forward from the conception date to June, and says Jupiter and Venus came together to look like one bright star.
• Where he stands on Christmas: Hollis celebrates it, and his manger scene has Santa kneeling before the baby Jesus.
• AND MORE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hollis Frances has fifteen years experience in Technical Writing from his career as a Technical Support Engineer on medical equipment at a major manufacturer/service company. He retired in 2020 after thirty years of service.

That is when he decided to start a new career as an author of short stories based actual events although he does have a novel or two inside his heart that needs to come out in the future, and published his first short story, Willy’s Accident, in 2021. 

Hollis is a military veteran who served first in the US Navy for four years from 1975-1979.  Then, in 1983, enlisted into the US Marines and served until 1987. Hollis Frances has a degree in Electronic Communications Technology. He is married with two adult children and three grandchildren.

CONNECT WITH HOLLIS FRANCES:

Email: Hollisfrances@writing.com
Hollis Frances Portfolio: writing.com/main/portfolio/view/hollisfrances  
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuPEBOZh7BzvYLEStd4T6g

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