The astronomy of the Bible. An elementary commentary on the astronomical references of Holy Scripture (1909)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London, T. S. Clark & Co., Ltd · leaf 181
156 THE ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE pole-star are a number of constellations that never set; they wheel unceasingly around the pole. On every fine night we can see the Great Bear, the Little Bear, the Dragon, Cepheus and Cassiopeia. But the stars in the larger portion of the sky have their risings and… … THE CELESTIAL SPHERE. and the seasons in which they are visible or axe, withdrawn from sight. Thus we see Orion and the Pleiades and Sirius in the winter, not in the summer, but the Scorpion and Sagittarius in the summer. Similarly there is a third portion of the heavens which never comes within…
Astronomy in the Bible · Constellations
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