I give the above story for what it is worth, but I attach no importance to it myself. Some, however, may feel that it removes what they had felt as a difficulty in the narrative,—namely, to understand how the star could "stand over where the young Child lay." It would also explain, what seems to be implied in the narrative, how it happened that the Magi alone, and not the Jews in general, perceived the star at its second appearance.
For myself, the narrative appears to me astronomically too incomplete for any astronomical conclusions to be drawn from it. The reticence of the narrative on all points, except those directly relating to our Lord Himself, is an illustration of the truth that the Scriptures were not written to instruct us in astronomy, or in any of the physical sciences, but that we might have eternal life.
"And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the Only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent."
| A TABLE OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES | ||
| Page. | Book. | Chap. and Verse. |
| [9] | I. Kings | v. 29-34 |
| [10] | Wisdom | vii. 17-22 (R.V.) |
| [11] | Psalm | viii. 3, 4 |
| [15] | Eccl. | i. 9 |
| [17] | Gen. | i. 1 |
| " | I. Chron. | xvi. 26 |
| " | Deut. | vi. 4 |
| " | Mark | xii. 29 |
| " | Neh. | ix. 6 |
| [19] | Heb. | xi. 23 |
| [20] | II. Pet. | iii. 8 |
| [22] | Psalm | cxi. 2-4 (R.V.) |
| " | Gen. | ii. 3 |
| [23] | Exod. | xx. 10, 11 |
| " | Exod. | xxxi. 16, 17 |
| " | Gen. | i. 14 |
| [25] | Gen. | i. 1 |
| [32] | Exod. | xv. 4, 5 |
| [35] | Gen. | i. 6-8 |
| " | Gen. | i. 14 |
| [36] | Gen. | i. 20 |
| " | Job | xxxvii. 18 (R.V.) |
| " | Num. | xvii. 39 |
| " | Isaiah | xl. 19 |
| [37] | Jer. | x. 9 |
| " | Psalm | cxxxvi. 6 |
| [38] | Heb. | i. 3 |
| [39] | II. Sam. | xxii. 8 |
| " | Job | xxvi. 11 |
| " | Job | xxvi. 7 |
| " | I. Sam. | ii. 8 |
| [40] | Psalm | lxxv. 3 |
| " | Psalm | civ. 2 |
| " | Isaiah | xl. 22 |
| " | Amos | ix. 6 |
| " | Num. | xxxiv. 4 |
| " | II. Sam. | xv. 30 |
| [41] | Psalm | cxlviii. 4 |
| " | Song of Three Children | 38 |
| " | Amos | v. 8 |
| " | Amos | ix. 6 |
| " | Eccl. | i. 7 |
| " | Isaiah | lv. 10 (R.V.) |
| [42] | Isaiah | lv. 11 |
| " | Job | xxxvi. 26-28 (R.V.) |
| " | Judges | v. 4 |
| " | Psalm | lxxvii. 17 |
| " | Psalm | cxlvii. 8 |
| " | Prov. | xvi. 15 |
| " | Eccl. | xii. 2 |
| " | Isaiah | v. 6 |
| " | Jude | 12 |
| " | Nahum | i. 3 |
| " | Isaiah | xviii. 4 |
| [43] | Eccl. | xi. 3 |
| " | Job | xxvi. 8 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 34-37 |
| [44] | Job | xxxviii. 19-29 (R.V.) |
| " | Psalm | xviii. 6-17 (R.V.) |
| [45] | Jer. | x. 13 (R.V.) |
| " | Psalm | cxxxv. 7 |
| [46] | Job | xxxvii. 16 |
| [49] | Job | xxxvi. 29 |
| " | Gen. | vii. 11 |
| [50] | II. Kings | vii. 1, 2 |
| " | Mal. | iii. 10 |
| " | Hos. | vi. 4 |
| " | Dan. | viii. 8 |
| " | Ezek. | xxxvii. 9 |
| [51] | Jer. | xlix. 36 |
| " | Eccl. | i. 6 |
| " | Isaiah | xi. 12 |
| " | Isaiah | xl. 22 |
| " | Prov. | viii. 27 |
| [52] | Job | xxii. 14 (R.V. margin) |
| " | Job | xxvi. 10 (R.V.) |
| " | Gen. | i. 9 |
| " | Psalm | xxiv. 2 |
| " | Psalm | cxxxvi. 6 |
| [53] | Ezek. | xxxi. 4 |
| " | Gen. | vii. 11 |
| " | Gen. | viii. 2 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 16 |
| " | Prov. | iii. 20 |
| " | Jer. | v. 22 |
| [54] | Job | xxxviii. 8 |
| " | Prov. | viii. 27, 29 |
| [55] | Josh. | x. 13 |
| " | Psalm | xix. 1-6 (R.V.) |
| [56] | I. Kings | xxii. 19 |
| [57] | Jer. | xxxiii. 22 |
| " | Deut. | iv. 15, 19 |
| [58] | Job | xxxviii. 7 |
| " | Judges | v. 20 |
| " | II. Kings | vi. 14-17 |
| [60] | Job | xxxviii. 52 (R.V.) |
| " | Psalm | cxi. 2 |
| " | Rev. | ii. 26, 28 |
| [61] | Isaiah | xiv. 12-14 |
| " | Rev. | xxii. 16 |
| [62] | Jer. | xxxi. 36 |
| " | Isaiah | xl. 26-31 (R.V.) |
| [63] | Gen. | i. 14-19 |
| [64] | Deut. | xxxiii. 14 (R.V.) |
| " | I. John | i. 5 |
| " | Psalm | xxvii. 1 |
| " | Isaiah | lx. 19 |
| " | John | i. 9 |
| " | Psalm | lxxxiv. 11 |
| " | Mal. | iv. 2 |
| [65] | James | i. 17 |
| " | Psalm | cxxxix. 12 |
| " | Deut. | iv. 19 |
| " | Deut. | xvii. 2, 3 |
| [66] | II. Kings | xxiii. 11 |
| " | Ezek. | viii. 11 |
| " | Ezek. | viii. 16 |
| " | Job | xxxi. 26 |
| " | Cant. | vi. 10 |
| [67] | Judges | viii. 13 |
| " | Judges | xiv. 18 |
| " | Jer. | xliii. 13 |
| [68] | Isaiah | xix. 18 |
| " | Cant. | vi. 10 |
| [69] | Psalm | lxxii. 5 |
| " | Psalm | lxxii. 17 |
| [70] | Psalm | lxxxix. 36 |
| " | Psalm | l. 1 |
| " | Psalm | cxiii. 3 |
| " | Psalm | xix. 6 |
| " | Eccl. | i. 3 |
| [71] | Job | xxxviii. 12-14 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 14 (R.V.) |
| " | Eccl. | i. 5 |
| [72] | Job | xxvi. 7 |
| " | Psalm | xix. 6 |
| " | II. Kings | iv. 19 |
| " | Psalm | cxxi. 6 |
| " | Isaiah | xlix. 10 |
| " | Rev. | vii. 16 |
| " | Deut. | xxxiii. 14 |
| [73] | James | i. 17 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 33 |
| " | Wisdom | vii. 18 |
| [78] | Rom. | i. 20-23 |
| [79] | John | ix. 4 |
| [80] | Psalm | lxxxi. 3 |
| " | Prov. | vii. 20 |
| [82] | Isaiah | lx. 20 |
| [83] | Num. | x. 10 |
| " | Psalm | lxxxi. 3 |
| " | Isaiah | iii. 18 |
| [84] | Gen. | xxxvii. 9 |
| " | Jer. | viii. 2 |
| " | Psalm | civ. 19 |
| " | Psalm | lxxxix. 36, 37 |
| " | Psalm | cxxxvi. 9 |
| " | Jer. | xxxi. 35 |
| " | Eccl. | xii. 2 |
| " | Isaiah | xiii. 10 |
| " | Ezek. | xxxii. 7 |
| " | Joel | ii. 10, 31 |
| " | Joel | iii. 15 |
| " | Hab. | iii. 11 |
| " | Exod. | ii. 2 |
| [85] | Deut. | xxxiii. 13, 14 |
| " | II. Kings | xv. 13 |
| " | Dan. | iv. 29 |
| " | Ezra | vi. 15 |
| " | Neh. | i. 1 |
| " | I. Kings | vi. 1, 37, 38 |
| " | I. Kings | viii. 2 |
| " | Cant. | vi. 10 |
| " | Isaiah | lxxiv. 23 |
| [86] | Isaiah | xxx. 26 |
| " | Rev. | xix. 6-8 |
| " | Gen. | xxxvii. 9 |
| [87] | Gen. | xxxvii. 10 |
| " | Job | xxxi. 26-28 (R.V.) |
| [88] | Deut. | iv. 12, 15, 16, 19 |
| " | Judges | viii. 21 |
| " | Isaiah | iii. 18 |
| " | II. Kings | xxiii. 13 |
| [89] | Gen. | xiv. 5 |
| " | I. Sam. | xxxi. 10 |
| " | II. Kings | xxiii. 13 |
| " | Jer. | vii. 18 |
| [90] | Jer. | xliv. 17, 18 |
| [91] | Isaiah | xxx. 26 |
| " | Isaiah | lx. 20 |
| [92] | Psalm | cxxi. 6 |
| " | Psalm | civ. 19-24 (R.V.) |
| [96] | Gen. | xv. 5 |
| [97] | Psalm | cxlvii. 4 |
| " | Isaiah | xl. 22 |
| [98] | I. Cor. | xv. 41 |
| [99] | Prov. | xxv. 3 |
| " | Job | xi. 7, 8 |
| " | Job | xxii. 12 |
| " | Jer. | xxxi. 37 |
| [100] | Psalm | ciii. 11, 12 |
| [107] | Joel | ii. 30 |
| " | Gen. | iii. 24 |
| " | Heb. | i. 7 |
| " | I. Chron. | xxi. 16 |
| [108] | Jude | 13 |
| [113] | Acts | xix. 35 (R.V.) |
| [116] | Rev. | vi. 13 |
| " | Isaiah | xxxiv. 4 |
| " | Rev. | viii. 10 |
| " | Jude | 13 |
| [117] | Job | iii. 9 (margin) |
| " | Job | xli. 18 |
| " | Job | xxxvii. 22 (R.V.) |
| [119] | Jer. | x. 2 |
| [122] | Wisdom | vii. 18 |
| [123] | Amos | i. 1 |
| " | Zech. | xiv. 5 |
| " | Gen. | i. 14 |
| [124] | Joel | ii. 10 |
| " | Joel | ii. 30, 31 |
| " | Acts | ii. 19, 20 |
| " | Rev. | vi. 12 |
| " | Amos | viii. 9 |
| [125] | Micah | iii. 6 |
| " | Isaiah | xiii. 10 |
| " | Jer. | xv. 9 |
| " | Ezek. | xxxii. 7, 8 |
| [129] | Mal. | iv. 2 |
| " | James | i. 17 (R.V.) |
| [131] | Gen. | xiv. 5 |
| " | Isaiah | xlvi. 1 |
| [132] | Isaiah | xiv. 12 |
| " | II. Peter | i. 19 |
| " | Isaiah | lxv. 11 |
| " | Dan. | v. 26 (R.V.) |
| [133] | Amos | v. 25, 26 |
| " | Acts | vii. 43 |
| [143] | Isaiah | viii. 19 |
| [144] | Ezek. | xxi. 21 (R.V.) |
| " | Isaiah | xlvii. 12, 13 |
| " | Jer. | x. 2 |
| [150] | Acts | xvii. 24-28 |
| [163] | Gen. | ix. 13 |
| [164] | Gen. | iii. 15 |
| [166] | Gen. | iii. 24 |
| " | Ezek. | i. 5 |
| " | Rev. | iv. 7 (R.V.) |
| " | Ezek. | x. 20 |
| " | I. Kings | vi. 29, 32 |
| [167] | Gen. | x. 9 |
| [169] | Psalm | lxxx. 1 |
| [173] | Gen. | vi. 19 |
| " | Gen. | vii. 2 |
| [184] | Psalm | l. 5 |
| [186] | Gen. | xxxvii. 9 |
| [189] | Gen. | xlix. 9 |
| " | Rev. | v. 5 |
| [190] | Deut. | xxxiii. 17 (R.V.) |
| " | Gen. | xlix. 6 (R.V.) |
| " | Gen. | xlix. 4, 17 |
| [191] | Num. | xxiii. 7, 24 (R.V.) |
| " | Num. | xxiv. 9 (R.V.) |
| " | Num. | xxiv. 8 (R.V.) |
| " | Num. | xxiv. 7 (R.V.) |
| [193] | Exod. | xxxii. 1 |
| " | Acts | vii. 41, 42 |
| " | Exod. | xx. 3 |
| " | Exod. | xx. 4, 5 |
| [194] | Deut. | iv. 15 |
| " | Psalm | cvi. 20 |
| " | Acts | vii. 42 |
| " | I. Kings | xii. 28 |
| [195] | Rev. | v. 5 |
| [203] | Job | iii. 8, 9 (R.V.) |
| " | Job | xli. |
| " | Psalm | civ. 25 |
| " | Isaiah | xxvii. 1 |
| [204] | Job | xxvi. 12, 13 |
| [205] | Isaiah | xxx. 7 (R.V.) |
| " | Isaiah | li. 9, 10 (R.V.) |
| " | Psalm | lxxxix. 9, 10 |
| [206] | Ezek. | xxxii. 2 (R.V.) |
| " | Rev. | xx. 2 |
| " | Ezek. | xxxii. 4 (R.V.) |
| " | Ezek. | xxix. 3, 5 |
| [207] | Rev. | xii. 6 (R.V.) |
| [208] | Rev. | xii. 15, 16 (R.V.) |
| [209] | Job | iii. 9 (R.V.) |
| " | Job | xli. 18 (R.V.) |
| [210] | Psalm | xix. 5 |
| [211] | I. Kings | xviii. 27 |
| " | Isaiah | xxx. 31 |
| [212] | Psalm | lxxiv. 12-17 |
| [215] | Job | ix. 9 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 31 |
| " | Amos | v. 8 |
| [217] | Isaiah | lxv. 11 |
| [218] | II. Kings | xvii. 30 |
| " | Gen. | xlix. 22 |
| [220] | Rev. | i. 12, 13, 15 |
| " | Rev. | i. 20 |
| [223] | I. Peter | iii. 20 |
| " | Amos | v. 8 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 31 |
| [224] | Cant. | ii. 11-13 (R.V.) |
| [225] | Job | xxxviii. 4 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 31 (R.V.) |
| [231] | Job | ix. 9 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 31 |
| " | Amos | v. 8 |
| " | Isaiah | xiii. 10 |
| " | Prov. | i. 22 |
| [234] | Gen. | x. 8 |
| [235] | Gen. | x. 10 |
| [238] | Isaiah | xiv. 13, 14 |
| [239] | Isaiah | xiii. 9-11 |
| " | Amos | v. 8 |
| [241] | Job | xxxviii. 36 |
| [242] | Job | xxvi. 13 |
| " | Isaiah | xlv. 7 |
| [243] | Job | xxxviii. 32 |
| [251] | Job | xxxviii. 32 |
| " | II. Kings | xxiii. 5 |
| " | Deut. | iv. 19 |
| " | Job | ix. 9 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 31, 32 |
| " | Job | xxxvii. 9 |
| [252] | Exod. | xxxii. |
| " | I. Kings | xii. |
| [253] | II. Kings | xxiii. 5 |
| " | Job | ix., xxxviii. |
| [257] | Job | xxxviii. 33 |
| " | Luke | xi. 2 |
| [258] | Job | ix. 9 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 31-33 |
| [259] | Job | xxxvii. 9 |
| [260] | Isaiah | l. 9 |
| [262] | Job | xxxvii. 9 |
| [271] | Gen. | i. 14 |
| " | Deut. | iv. 19 |
| [273] | Exod. | xii. 18, 19 |
| " | Lev. | xxiii. 32 |
| [275] | Psalm | lv. 17 |
| " | Job | iii. 9 (margin) |
| " | Cant. | ii. 17 |
| " | Gen. | xxxii. 24, 26 |
| " | Josh. | vi. 15 |
| " | Judges | xix. 25 |
| " | II. Sam. | ii. 32 |
| [276] | Gen. | xxxii. 31 |
| " | Exod. | xvi. 21 |
| " | I. Sam. | xi. 9 |
| " | II. Sam. | iv. 5 |
| " | I. Kings | xviii. 26 |
| " | Judges | xix. 8, 9 |
| " | Job | vii. 2 |
| " | Jer. | vi. 4 |
| " | Prov. | vii. 9 |
| [277] | Exod. | xii. 6 |
| " | Exod. | xvi. 12 |
| " | Exod. | xxx. 8 |
| " | Levit. | xxiii. 5 |
| " | Num. | ix. 3 |
| " | Num. | xxviii. 4 |
| [278] | Deut. | xvi. 6 |
| [279] | Exod. | xxx. 8 |
| [280] | I. Cor. | xv. 52 |
| " | Psalm | lxiii. 6 |
| " | Psalm | cxix. 148 |
| " | Lam. | ii. 19 |
| [281] | Judges | vii. 19 |
| " | Exod. | xiv. 24 |
| " | I. Sam. | xi. 11 |
| " | Matt. | xiv. 25 |
| " | Mark | vi. 48 |
| " | Dan. | iii. 6, 15 |
| " | Dan. | iv. 19, 33 |
| " | Dan. | v. 5 |
| " | Job | xxxviii. 12 |
| [282] | Acts | i. 12 |
| " | Matt. | xx. |
| " | John | xi. 9, 10 |
| [291] | Exod. | xx. 11 |
| " | Psalm | cxviii. 24 |
| [293] | II. Kings | iv. 23 |
| " | Isaiah | i. 13, 14 |
| [294] | Isaiah | lxvi. 23 |
| " | Amos | viii. 5 |
| " | Col. | ii. 16 |
| " | Num. | xxviii. |
| " | I. Chron. | xxiii. |
| " | II. Chron. | ii. |
| " | II. Chron. | xxix. |
| " | Ezek. | xlv. |
| " | Ezra | iii. |
| " | Neh. | x. |
| [295] | Num. | xxix. 1 |
| " | Num. | xxix. 7 |
| " | Num. | xxix. 12 |
| [299] | Deut. | xvi. 1 |
| " | I. Kings | vi. 1, 37 |
| " | I. Kings | vi. 38 |
| " | I. Kings | viii. 2 |
| [300] | Esther | ii. 16 |
| " | Esther | iii. 7, 13 |
| " | Esther | viii. 9, 12 |
| " | Esther | ix. 1, 17, 19, 21 |
| " | Ezra | vi. 15 |
| " | Neh. | i. 1 |
| " | Neh. | ii. 1 |
| " | Zech. | vii. 1 |
| " | Deut. | xxi. 13 (yerach) |
| " | II. Kings | xv. 13 (yerach) |
| " | Gen. | xxix. 14 (chodesh) |
| [301] | Num. | xi. 18-20, 31 (chodesh) |
| " | Psalm | lxxviii. 27 |
| [302] | Gen. | vii. 11 |
| " | Gen. | viii. 3, 4 |
| [304] | Ecclus. | xliii. 6, 7 |
| " | Psalm | civ. 19 |
| [308] | Exod. | xii. 2 |
| [309] | I. Chron. | xii. 15 |
| " | Jer. | xxxvi. 22, 23 |
| " | Ezra | x. 9 |
| [310] | Neh. | i. 1, 2 |
| " | Neh. | ii. 1 |
| " | Neh. | viii. 14 |
| [311] | Exod. | xxiii. 16 |
| " | Exod. | xxxiv. 22 |
| " | II. Chron. | xxiv. 23 |
| [312] | II. Sam. | xi. 1 |
| " | I. Chron. | xx. 1 |
| " | I. Kings | xx. 26 |
| " | II. Chron. | xxxvi. 10 |
| [313] | Exod. | xii. 2 |
| " | Exod. | xxiii. 16 |
| " | Exod. | xxxiv. 22 |
| [321] | Gen. | i. 5 |
| [322] | Gen. | vii. 11 |
| " | Gen. | viii. 13, 14 |
| [325] | Gen. | viii. 22 |
| " | Psalm | lxv. 9-11 (R.V.) |
| [326] | Exod. | xxi. 2 |
| " | Exod. | xxiii. 10, 11 |
| [327] | Lev. | xxv. 20-22 |
| " | Lev. | xxvi. 2, 21 |
| " | Lev. | xxvi. 33-35 |
| " | Deut. | xv. 1 |
| [328] | Deut. | xxxi. 10, 11 |
| " | Jer. | xxxiv. |
| " | Lev. | xxvi. 32-35 |
| " | II. Chron. | xxxvi. 21 |
| [329] | Neh. | x. 31 |
| " | Lev. | xxv. 8-10 |
| [330] | Num. | xxxvi. 4 |
| " | Isaiah | lxi. 2 |
| " | Ezek. | xlvi. 17 |
| [332] | Lev. | xxv. 8, 10 |
| " | Lev. | xxv. 11, 12 |
| [333] | Lev. | xxv. 22 |
| " | Lev. | xxv. 3 |
| " | Lev. | xxv. 10 |
| [338] | Lev. | xxv. 42 |
| " | Dan. | i. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 17-20 |
| [340] | Dan. | viii. 13, 14 |
| " | Dan. | xii. 7 |
| " | Dan. | vii. 25 |
| " | Rev. | xii. 14 |
| [341] | Rev. | xiii. 5 |
| " | Rev. | xi. 2, 3 |
| " | Rev. | xii. 6 |
| " | Dan. | xi. 13 (margin) |
| " | Dan. | iv. 16 |
| [348] | Dan. | iii. 16-18 |
| [353] | Josh. | x. 12 |
| [355] | Josh. | iv. 19 |
| " | Josh. | v. 10 |
| " | Josh. | vii. 2-5 |
| " | Josh. | vii. 1, 21 |
| " | Josh. | viii. |
| [356] | Josh. | viii. 30-35 |
| " | Exod. | xix. 1, 11 |
| [362] | Josh. | x. 13 |
| [369] | Luke | ii. 44 |
| [371] | Josh. | x. 8 |
| [373] | Josh. | x. 10 |
| [374] | Josh. | x. 12 |
| [375] | Josh. | x. 11 |
| [376] | Josh. | x. 27 (R.V.) |
| [378] | Josh. | x. 13 |
| [382] | Josh. | x. 13 |
| [384] | Josh. | x. 13, 14 |
| [385] | II. Kings | xx. 5-11 |
| [386] | Isaiah | xxxviii. 8 |
| [387] | II. Chron. | xxxii. 31 |
| [389] | Isaiah | xxxviii. 8 |
| [390] | II. Kings | xx. 9 (R.V.) |
| " | I. Kings | x. 5 |
| " | I. Chron. | xxvi. 16 |
| " | II. Kings | xvi. 18 (R.V.) |
| [391] | Neh. | xii. 37 |
| [392] | Isaiah | xxxviii. 10, 11 |
| " | Isaiah | xxxviii. 19, 20 |
| [393] | Matt. | ii. 2, 5-10 |
| [396] | Matt. | ii. 10 |
| [399] | Luke | ii. 11 |
| [400] | John | xvii. 3 |
INDEX
| PAGE | |
| Aben Ezra, Rabbi | [260], [278], [305] |
| Abib (month of green ears) | [299] |
| Acronical rising | [223], [246], [261] |
| Adar, month | [85], [300], [304] |
| Aerolites | [111], [112], [113] |
| Ahaz, Dial of | [385-392] |
| Alexandria, Museum of | [5], [6], [138], [139], [290] |
| Algebar, star-name | [233], [234] |
| Allen, R. H. | [221], [222] |
| "Alroy" | [278] |
| Aratus | [149], [150], [152], [154], [162], [163], [186], [208], [218], [222], [224] |
| Arcturus (see [‘Ash]) | [258-266] |
| Aristotle | [76], [105] |
| ‘Ash | [214], [215], [216], [243], [251], [258], [259], [260], [261], [264-266] |
| Asherah ("groves") | [67], [88] |
| Ashtoreth | [67], [88], [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] |
| Ruskin | [46] |
| Sabbath | [22-24], [283-292] |
| Sabbatic Year and the Jubilee | [326-336] |
| Samaritans | [278] |
| Samas (sun-god), see [Sun] | |
| Sanchoniathon | [88] |
| Sanhedrim | [296] |
| Saros, the | [122], [123], [346] |
| Saturn and Astrology | [130-145] |
| Sayce, A. H. | [33], [315] |
| Schiaparelli, G. V. | [7], [41], [43], [139], [145], [198], [253], [254], [261-263], [269], [279], [285], [286], [290] |
| Septuagint Version | [37], [133], [134], [161], [215], [231], [241], [258], [259] |
| Sin (moon-god), see [Moon] | |
| Sirius | [98], [240] |
| Sivan, month | [303], [320] |
| Smith, George | [27], [30] |
| South (darom, bright) | [51] |
| (negeb, desert) | [51] |
| Star of Bethlehem | [393-400] |
| Stars | [75], [95-100] |
| morning | [59-61] |
| royal | [160] |
| shooting | [113] |
| Triad of | [253], [320] |
| Statius | [222] |
| Stern, Prof. | [261], [262] |
| Strassmaier | [274], [285] |
| Sun | [55], [63-78] |
| -god (Samas) | [67], [131], [174], [253], [323], [324] |
| -stroke | [72] |
| Talmud | [222], [279], [297], [311] |
| Tammuz | [66] |
| Targum, the Jerusalem | [190] |
| Tavthê, see [Tiamat] | |
| Tehōm, see [Deep] | |
| Tennyson | [36], [79], [80] |
| Thales | [345] |
| Thiele, Prof. | [15], [16] |
| Tiamat, or Tiamtu | [27-29], [32], [34], [201], [210], [234-235], [240-242] |
| Tibullus | [288] |
| Tides | [41], [53], [92] |
| Tribes of Israel and the Zodiac | [186-195] |
| Tycho Brahé | [96] |
| Venus | [90], [131], [132], [136], [137] |
| Virgil | [160] |
| Vulgate | [258], [259] |
| Week and the Sabbath | [283-292] |
| West (mebō hasshemesh, going down of the sun) | [51] |
| (yam, the sea) | [51] |
| Winckler, Prof. H. | [235] |
| Winds | [50], [51] |
| Wormwood, the star | [116] |
| Xenophanes | [71] |
| Year | [305-325] |
| (shanah) | [305] |
| Yehoshua, Rabbi | [297] |
| Zeuchros | [142], [249] |
| Zif, month | [85], [299] |
| Zodiac, constellations of | [141], [151], [152] |
| sections of (mizrata) | [243], [251] |
| signs of | [141], [245], [249] |
| Zodiacal Light | [117] |
