The astronomy of the Bible : an elementary commentary on the astronomical references of Holy Scripture (1909)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 191
seen kneeling with his foot on thehead of the great northern Dragon. This great conflictbetween the man and the serpent, therefore, was presentedin a twofold form. Looking south there was the pictureof Ophiuchus trampling on the scorpion and stranglmg 164 THE ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE the snake, yet… … THE MIDNIGHT CONSTELLATIONS OF SPUING, B.C. 2700. the word spoken by God to the serpent in the garden inEden: I will put enmity between thee and the woman,and between thy seed and her Seed ; It shall bruise thyhead, and thou shalt bruise His heel. These two groups of star-figures seem therefore to…
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