The Astronomy of the Bible: An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture

· 1928

Modern Astronomy--Astronomy in the Classical Age--The Canon of Holy Scripture closed before the Classical Age--Character of the Scriptural References to the Heavenly Bodies--Tradition of Solomon's Eminence in Science--Attitude towards Nature of the Sacred Writers--Plan of the Book 3 Indian Eclipse of 1898--Contrast between the Heathen and Scientific Attitudes--The Law of Causality--Inconsistent with Polytheism--Faith in One God the Source to the Hebrews of Intellectual Freedom--The First Words of Genesis the Charter of the Physical Sciences--The Limitations of Science--"Explanations" of the First Chapter of Genesis--Its Real Purposes--The Sabbath 12…

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