The Astronomy of the Bible by E. Walter Maunder (best fiction books to read .txt) 📖

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@28536@28536-h@28536-h-3.htm.html#Page_89" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">89, 90, 131 Astrology 5, 77, 78, 130-145, 248 Astruc, Jean 171, 172 Atmospheric circulation 41-45 Aurora Borealis 117 ‘Ayish, see ‘Ash   Baal, or Bel 67, 89, 131, 176, 178, 210, 253 Bear, the (see Arcturus) 152 Benetna‘sh 260 Bethlehem, Star of 393-400 Bosanquet, J. W. 388 Bosanquet, R. H. M. 315 "Boundary-stones" 153, 154, 198, 318, 320 Bow-star, the 240 Bradley, third Astronomer Royal 96 Bul, month 85, 299 Burton, Lady 379   "Canterbury Tales" 277 Cardinal points 50, 51 Carrington, R. 220 Causality, Law of 15, 16, 18, 78 "Chaldean Account of Genesis" 27 Cherubim 166, 169, 188, 190 Cheyne, Dr. 238, 240, 254, 255, 256 Chisleu, month 85, 238, 300, 304, 310 Chiun 133, 134, 144 Clouds 42, 43, 44, 46, 54 the balancings of the 46 the spreadings of 49 Colures, the 159 Comets 103-108 Donati's 105, 107 Halley's 103, 104 Conder, Col. C. R. 238 Constellations, list of 151-152 origin of 149-161 Copernicus 76 Cowell, P. H. 303 Creation 12-24 story of, Babylonian 26, 170, 178, 240, 242, 246, 252 Hebrew 25 Scandinavian 29 Cycles, Astronomical, of Daniel 337-348 Cylinder seal 71, 217   Damascius 26, 27 Daniel, Cycles of 337-348 Dawson, Dr. W. Bell 343 Day and its divisions 269-282 Days, different kinds of 271, 272 "Dayspring" 71, 281 Decans 142, 244, 245, 248 De Cheseaux 343 Deep (tehōm) 25-34, 53, 201, 210, 211, 234 fountains of 52-54 Delitzsch, Prof. Fr. 31, 157, 170, 171, 285 Deluge 49, 53, 83, 161, 165, 168, 170-185, 254 Denning, W. F. 220 Dial of Ahaz 385-392 Diana of the Ephesians 112 Dieulafoy, Marcel 372 Disraeli 278 Drach 221 Draconic period 122 Dragon's Head and Tail 198, 199 Driver, Dr. 172, 209   Earth (eretz) 39 corners of 51 foundations of 39, 58 pillars of 39, 40 East (kedem, front) 51 (mizrach, rising) 51 Eclipses 118-129 Edda, prose 29 Ellicott, Andrew 114 Epicureans 71 Epping, Dr. 274 Equuleus 152 Eratosthenes 218 Ethanim, month 85, 299 Eudoxus 5, 6, 37, 152, 345 Euripides 218 Eusebius 88 Evenings, between the two 277-279 "Eyelids of the Morning" 117, 209, 210   "False Dawn" 117 Firmament (raqia‘) 35-38 (stereoma) 37 Flamsteed, first Astronomer Royal 96 Flood, see Deluge   Gad 132, 217 Galileo 3, 4, 76 Gamaliel, Rabbon 297 Genesis and the Constellations 162-169 Gesenius 134 Gilgamesh, Epic of 167, 170, 177, 180 Gosse, P. H. 209 Groves, see Asherah Guinness, Dr. H. Grattan 343   Heaven (shamayim) 35, 36, 38 "bisection of" 55, 362 foundations of 39 host of 56, 57, 65 pillars of 39 stories of 40 windows of 49, 50, 53 Heliacal rising 59, 222, 224, 261 Herschel, Sir W. 75, 76 Hershon, P. I. 311 Hesiod 136, 152, 154, 216, 218, 237, 284 Hesperus 137, 232, 258 Hipparchus 5, 96, 250, 345 Höffler, Dr. 266 Hommel, Dr. 240 Homer 136, 153, 154 Horace 287, 288 Hour (sha‘ah) 281 double- (kasbu) 282, 320, 345, 381 Humboldt 114 Hyades 133, 217   Ibrahim ben Ahmed 114 Iliad 80 Istar 90, 131, 253, 323, 324   Jehuda, Rabbi 261 Jensen 240 Josephus 68, 187, 222, 279, 288, 289 Joshua's Long Day 351-384 Jubilee, the 326-336 Jupiter 104, 131, 132, 137, 247, 396 (Nibir) 243, 247 Juvenal 288   Karaite Jews 278 Kepler 4, 96, 396 Kĕsīl 214-216, 231-232, 237-243, 251, 261, 262 Ketu 201 Kimah 214-216, 223, 231-232, 237, 241, 243, 251, 261, 262 King, Dr. L. W. 240, 241, 303 Kouyunjik mound 27, 33   Lance-star 240 Leonid meteors 114, 116 Leviathan 196-212 Longfellow 233, 236 Lucifer 132   Mädler 220 Maestlin 219 Mazzaroth (or Mazzaloth) 130, 214, 243-257, 270, 280 Meni 132, 217 Mercury 131, 137 Merodach 28, 29, 33, 131, 167, 178, 210, 234-242, 247, 252 Meteors 111-117 Metonic Cycle 306, 335, 336, 339, 344 Milton 107 Mishna, the 297, 311 Mithraic cult 160 Month 293-304 anomalistic 342 Months, Hebrew names for 304 Moon 79-92 blindness 92 -god (Sin) 87, 253, 323, 324 harvest 81 new 123 phases of 80, 91 Müller, Otfried 262   Newton 4 Nisan, month 300, 304, 310, 311, 315, 320 Node 121, 122 North (mezarim) 262, 263 (tsaphon) 51   Onias 68 Orion 231-242 Ovid 288   Palestine Exploration Fund, map 360, 362 Panyasis 152 Parallax 73, 98, 265 Persius 288 Peschitta 259, 261 Philo 289 Phosphorus 132, 137 Pinches, T. G. 27, 28, 30, 31, 90, 176, 235 Pleiades 133, 152, 213-230 Precession 158 Pritchard, Prof. C. 397 Proctor, R. A. 107, 108, 135, 141 Procyon 152, 240 Ptolemy, Claudius 5, 76, 96, 149-154 Ptolemy Philometer 68 Pythagoras 137, 345   Rahab (the proud one) 204-206, 211 Rahu 201 Rain 42-45, 49 "Records of the Past" 26, 28 Remphan 133, 134 Ring with wings 88, 126, 129