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THE ASTRONOMY
OF THE BIBLE
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From the Painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones in the Birmingham Art Gallery.
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
"We have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him."
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THE ASTRONOMY
OF THE BIBLE
AN ELEMENTARY COMMENTARY ON THE
ASTRONOMICAL REFERENCES
OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
BY
E. WALTER MAUNDER, F.R.A.S.
AUTHOR OF
'THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH: ITS HISTORY AND WORK,'
AND 'ASTRONOMY WITHOUT A TELESCOPE'
WITH THIRTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
[iv]Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
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To
MY WIFE
My helper in this Book
and in all things.
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PREFACE
Why should an astronomer write a commentary on the Bible?
Because commentators as a rule are not astronomers, and therefore eitherpass over the astronomical allusions of Scripture in silence, or elseannotate them in a way which, from a scientific point of view, leavesmuch to b