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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