THE ANCIENT CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ECLIPTIC 155 THE CELESTIAL SPHERE 156 THE MIDNIGHT CONSTELLATIONS OF SPRING, B.C. 2700 164 THE MIDNIGHT CONSTELLATIONS OF WINTER, B.C. 2700 165 OPHIUCHUS AND THE NEIGHBOURING CONSTELLATIONS 189 AQUARIUS AND THE NEIGHBOURING CONSTELLATIONS 192 HERCULES AND DRACO 197 HYDRA AND THE NEIGHBOURING CONSTELLATIONS 200 ANDROMEDA AND CETUS 207 STARS OF THE PLEIADES 219 INNER NEBULOSITIES OF THE PLEIADES 227 STARS OF ORION 232 ORION AND THE NEIGHBOURING CONSTELLATIONS 236 POSITION OF SPRING EQUINOX, B.C. 2700 246 POSITION OF SPRING EQUINOX, A.D. 1900 247 STARS OF THE PLOUGH, AS THE WINNOWING FAN 263 'BLOW UP THE TRUMPET IN THE NEW MOON' 268 POSITION OF THE NEW MOON AT THE EQUINOXES 316 BOUNDARY-STONE IN THE LOUVRE 318 WORSHIP OF THE SUN-GOD AT SIPPARA 322 'SUN, STAND THOU STILL UPON GIBEON, AND THOU MOON IN THE VALLEY OF AJALON' 350 MAP OF SOUTHERN PALESTINE 357 BEARINGS OF THE RISING AND SETTING POINTS OF THE SUN FROM GIBEON 363 [Illustration: _By permission of the Autotype Co. 74, New Oxford Street, London W.C._ THE RAINBOW (_by Rubens_). "The bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain."] THE ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE BOOK I THE HEAVENLY BODIES CHAPTER I THE HEBREW AND ASTRONOMY