OT: Astroarchaeology Resource

https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Ancient-Skies-Astronomy-Civilizations-ebook/dp/B00A62YA6C

Again, most won't be interested. You run into the problem, Logos-wise, in the Old Testament, with the stars, gods, etc. Even arriving at Jesus' birth.

This book (first published 1983), is not the usual archaeology book .... more a stroll by subject across civilizations. So, for example the early greeks (Plato) didn't associate gods with stars, the idea from foreigners. And the Egypt star system didn't match the later greek, but the Babylonian did (Marduk). He skipped over Biblos, which seems to also echo Babylon. Hmmm .... Genesis.

Another example was the arrival of technology (chariots), and the imagery of gods and their chariots (Exekiel, India, etc).

Kindle-wise, decently cheap, but sits between technical astronomy, and technical archaeology. If you're one or the other, you'll have to settle down.

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Veli Voipio

Thanks Denise, I added the above book to my wish list in amazon

Long time ago I've read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Ancient-Skies-Cultural-Astronomy-ebook/dp/B00F5TUV9Q/

Similar subject area, quite technical, expensive etc., but explains ancient calendars well.

Liam Maguire

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1062690#Comment_1062690

Thanks Denise, I added the above book to my wish list in amazon

Likewise, thank you and on Wish List. [Y]

Mattillo

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This book touched on some of what was mentioned above if this interests you

https://lexhampress.com/product/167706/the-star-of-bethlehem-science-history-and-meaning

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1062768#Comment_1062768

Veli, thank you. I was all excited until I saw the 'Brill' price! Of course I found a straight astronomy technical book, and it was heart-stopping too. Whenever you see 'rent', you're in big trouble.

Thank you, Matillo. 'The Star' is definitely an interesting conumdrum, since by the time of Alexander, they had a pretty sophisticated knowledge of stars. Dome-times were over.

Veli Voipio

Well, I did read this book yesterday during the heavy rain here. I am mostly interested in the calendar section, but also I found that the book contains quite a lot of ancient anthropology. I was also surprised to see the Konso ethnic group in Ethiopia was mentioned in the book! In the 1980s I was helping the Konso Bible translation project in computer matters.

Today is a better day here, still looking forward to have a warmer climate in Scandinavia.

DMB

That's 2085 pages worth! You must read at a good clip.

Our desert-ish town was getting a lot of 110F days recently, so we moved north. Now, it's June and a bit too cold. Brrr.