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 343
he first two months; that for the first month beinga crescent moon lying on its back; that for the secondmonth a pair of stars. 1 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astro7iomical Society, vol. xxxix.p. 455. 316 THE ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE The significance of the crescent being shown as lyingon its back is… … West POSITION OF THE NEW MOON AT THE EQUINOXES. it is most nearly horizontal, lying on its back, at thespring equinox. It is clear from this symbol, therefore,that the Babylonians began their year in the spring. This method, by which the new moon was used as akind of pointer for determining the…
Astronomy in the Bible · Constellations
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