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"The Astronomy of the Bible" by E. Walter Maunder is a scientific commentary on the astronomical references found in Holy Scripture, written in the early 20th century. The work aims to bridge the gap between ancient spiritual insights and modern astronomical understanding by interpreting biblical texts through an astronomical lens. This exploration reveals how the authors of the Bible viewed and understood the heavenly bodies, connecting their observations to historical and cultural contexts. The opening of the book sets the stage for an examination of how astronomical principles can enhance our understanding of biblical texts. Maunder articulates the gap between the scientifically informed perspectives of modern astronomers and the ancient views represented in Scripture, emphasizing that the biblical narrative is not primarily scientific, but rich in spiritual meaning. He introduces the idea that astronomical knowledge was present even in ancient times and that biblical references to

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Why should an astronomer write a commentary on the Bible?

Because commentators as a rule are not astronomers, and therefore either
pass over the astronomical allusions of Scripture in silence, or else
annotate them in a way which, from a scientific point of view, leaves
much to be desired.

Astronomical allusions in the Bible, direct and indirect, are not few in
number, and, in order to bring out their full significance, need to be
treated astronomically. Astronomy further gives us the power of placing
ourselves to some degree in the position of the patriarchs and prophets
of old. We know that the same sun and moon, stars and planets, shine
upon us as shone upon Abraham and Moses, David and Isaiah. We can, if we
will, see the unchanging heavens with their eyes, and understand their
attitude towards them.

It is worth while for us so to do. For the immense advances in science,
made since the Canon of Holy Scripture was closed, and especially during
the last three hundred years, may enable us to realize the significance
of a most remarkable fact. Even in those early ages, when to all the
nations surrounding Israel the heavenly bodies were objects for
divination or idolatry, the attitude of the sacred writers toward them
was perfect in its sanity and truth.

Astronomy has a yet further part to play in Biblical study. The dating
of the several books of the Bible, and the relation of certain heathen
mythologies to the Scripture narratives of the world's earliest ages,
have received much attention of late years. Literary analysis has thrown
much light on these subjects, but hitherto any evidence that astronomy
could give has been almost wholly neglected; although, from the nature
of the case, such evidence, so far as it is available, must be most
decisive and exact.

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