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The work is an elementary commentary that treats every biblical reference to the heavens as a subject for scientific inquiry. It opens with a transcriber’s note on the fidelity of the original spelling, followed by a frontispiece illustration of the Star of Bethlehem, and then a preface in which E. Walter Maunder explains why an astronomer, rather than a traditional biblical scholar, should explain the scriptural allusions to stars, planets, eclipses and constellations. From that point the book proceeds systematically, beginning with a chapter on “The Hebrew and Astronomy” that traces modern astronomy from Galileo onward and sets the stage for a detailed analysis of creation, the firmament, the sun, the moon, and the myriad celestial phenomena mentioned in Scripture.
Maunder’s voice is that of an early‑20th‑century scholar‑scientist, clear and didactic, peppered with occasional literary references but largely free of technical jargon. The style is methodical, moving from broad cosmological concepts to specific biblical passages, and is illustrated with thirty‑four plates that reinforce the text. Readers who enjoy a measured, historically grounded exploration of how ancient Hebrew writers understood the sky, particularly those with interests in the history of astronomy, theology, or the intersection of science and religion, will find this book both informative and engaging.
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Transcriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. Words italicized in the original are surrounded by underscores. Characters superscripted in the original are enclosed in {braces}. In this text, in words translated from Hebrew, ` represents an aleph, and ' represents an ayin. Some typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected. A complete list follows the text.
There are diacritic accents in the original. In this text, they are represented as follows:
[=a] = "a" with a macron [)e] = "e" with a breve [=e] = "e" with a macron [vs] = "s" with a caron [=i] = "i" with a macron [vS] = "S" with a caron [=o] = "o" with a macron [H.] = "H" with an underdot [=u] = "u" with a macron [h.] = "h" with an underdot
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