Two ASTRONOMY Classics, Volume I
The Astronomy of the Bible, PLUS, The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
This edition features
• two complete books
• illustrations
• linked Tables of Contents and Footnotes
ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE, by E. Walter Maunder
CONTENTS
BOOK I THE HEAVENLY BODIES
Chapter I. The Hebrew and Astronomy
Chapter II. The Creation
Chapter III. The Deep
Chapter IV. The Firmament
Chapter V. The Ordinances of the Heavens
Chapter VI. The Sun
Chapter VII. The Moon
Chapter VIII. The Stars
Chapter IX. Comets
Chapter X. Meteors
Chapter XI. Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
Chapter XII. Saturn and Astrology
BOOK II THE CONSTELLATIONS
Chapter I. The Origin of the Constellations
Chapter II. Genesis and the Constellations
Chapter III. The Story of the Deluge
Chapter IV. The Tribes of Israel and the Zodiac
Chapter V. Leviathan
Chapter VI. The Pleiades
Chapter VII. Orion
Chapter VIII. Mazzaroth
Chapter IX. Arcturus
BOOK III TIMES AND SEASONS
Chapter I. The Day and its Divisions
Chapter II. The Sabbath and the Week
Chapter III. The Month
Chapter IV. The Year
Chapter V. The Sabbatic Year and the Jubilee
Chapter VI. The Cycles of Daniel
BOOK IV THREE ASTRONOMICAL MARVELS
Chapter I. Joshua's Long Day
Chapter II. The Dial of Ahazhapter III. The Star of Bethlehem
A Table of Scriptural Reference
Index
THE ASTRONOMY OF MILTON'S 'PARADISE LOST', by Thomas N. Orchard
CONTENTS
I. A Short Historical Sketch of Astronomy
II. Astronomy in the Seventeenth Century
III. Milton's Astronomical Knowledge
IV. Milton and Galileo
V. The Seasons
VI. The Starry Heavens
VII. The Starry Heavens
VIII. Description of Celestial Objects Mentioned in ‘Paradise Lost’
IX. Milton's Imaginative and Descriptive Astronomy
