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Science in the Bible / by Jean Sloat Morton

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : Moody Press, [1978]Copyright date: ©1978Description: 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0802476295
  • 9780802476296
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.8/5
LOC classification:
  • BS650 .M67
Contents:
I. Astronomy : 1. Stars -- 2. The star of Bethlehem -- 3. The zodiacal constellations -- 4. The Pleiades -- 5. Orion -- 6. The great bear, Ursa Major -- 7. Draco -- 8. Comets -- 9. The sundial -- 10. The sun -- 11. Light -- 12. Astrology and other forms of divination -- 13. Saturn -- 14. Venus -- 15. Meteors -- 16. The Ordinances of Heaven -- 17. The moon -- 18. Heaven is northward -- II. Meteorology and climatology : 19. The hydrologic, or water, cycle -- 20. Ground water -- 21. The former and latter rains -- 22. Waterspouts -- 23. God's power in nature -- 24. Snow -- 25. Dew -- 26. Fair weather cumulus clouds -- 27. The wisdom of God as revealed in the clouds -- 28. The spreading of the clouds -- 29. Cloud formation -- 30. The numbering of the clouds -- 31. Cloud balancing -- 32. Lightning -- 33. The earth's wind system -- 34. Air pressure -- 35. Frost -- 36. Hail -- 37. Glaciations
III. Chemistry : 38. In an atom of time -- 39. The atoms will be loosed -- 40. Gall, the opium narcotic offered to Jesus -- 41. Drugs -- 42. Wine and vinegar -- 43. Leaven and the fermentation process -- 44. Honey and the fermentation process -- 45. Purple dye -- 46. Scarlet and crimson dyes -- IV. Oceanography : 47. The deep places -- 48. Mountains in the sea -- 49. The density of water -- 50. The ocean and oceanic reservoirs -- 51. Springs of the sea -- 52. Channels of the sea -- 53. The paths of the sea, ocean currents -- 54. The paths of the sea and the pathfinder -- 55. The sea of reeds or the Red Sea?
V. Earth science : 56. The midst of the Earth -- 57. The spherical Earth -- 58. The Earth's seasons -- 59. The foundations of the Earth -- 60. The pillars of the Earth -- 61. The four corners of the Earth -- 62. Brimstone and the fire on Sodom and Gomorrah -- 63. The Earth suspended in space -- 64. Isostasy -- 65. An earthquake, and the Dead Sea becomes a living sea -- VI. Zoology : 66. Animals of the Bible -- 67. Classification of living things -- 68. The wild goats -- 69. The wild ass -- 70. The wild ox -- 71. The ostrich -- 72. The stork -- 73. The hippopotamus -- 74. The crocodile -- 75. Seed- harvesting ants -- 76. The hare -- 77. The hyrax -- 78. The camel -- 79. The fiery serpents -- 80. The horned sand viper -- 81. The cobra, or Asp -- 82. The deaf adder -- 83. The serpent's tongue -- 84. The saw-scaled viper
VII. Botany and microbiology : 85. Plant growth and development -- 86. The role of sunshine in plant growth -- 87. Grafting -- 88. Mildew and blight -- 89. Red fretting leprosy -- 90. Green fretting leprosy -- 91. The red and green leprosy in houses -- 92. Fuller's soap -- VIII. Anatomy and physiology : 93. The eye -- 94. The heart and the blood -- 95. Embryonic development -- 96. Life expectancy -- 97. Dust thou art -- 98. The breath of life -- 99. The aging process
IX. Genetics : 100. Dwarfism -- 101. Polydactylism -- 102. Giants -- 103. How Jacob got Laban's goat -- 104. Baldness -- 105. Breeding of diverse kinds -- X. Medical sciences and health practices : 106. Circumcision -- 107. Gangrene -- 108. Boils -- 109. Gonorrhea -- 110. Syphilis -- 111. Bubonic plague -- 112. Anthrax -- 113. Leprosy, or Hansen's disease -- 114. Elephantiasis -- 115. Bagdad boil -- 116. Eaten of worms -- 117. Dysentery -- 118. The seven year itch -- 119. Dead bodies, a source of diseases -- 120. Disease caused by swine -- 121. Shellfish
Summary: Discusses the numerous scriptural references to scientific subjects and examines their validity in the light of subsequent knowledge and discovery
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-272)

I. Astronomy : 1. Stars -- 2. The star of Bethlehem -- 3. The zodiacal constellations -- 4. The Pleiades -- 5. Orion -- 6. The great bear, Ursa Major -- 7. Draco -- 8. Comets -- 9. The sundial -- 10. The sun -- 11. Light -- 12. Astrology and other forms of divination -- 13. Saturn -- 14. Venus -- 15. Meteors -- 16. The Ordinances of Heaven -- 17. The moon -- 18. Heaven is northward -- II. Meteorology and climatology : 19. The hydrologic, or water, cycle -- 20. Ground water -- 21. The former and latter rains -- 22. Waterspouts -- 23. God's power in nature -- 24. Snow -- 25. Dew -- 26. Fair weather cumulus clouds -- 27. The wisdom of God as revealed in the clouds -- 28. The spreading of the clouds -- 29. Cloud formation -- 30. The numbering of the clouds -- 31. Cloud balancing -- 32. Lightning -- 33. The earth's wind system -- 34. Air pressure -- 35. Frost -- 36. Hail -- 37. Glaciations

III. Chemistry : 38. In an atom of time -- 39. The atoms will be loosed -- 40. Gall, the opium narcotic offered to Jesus -- 41. Drugs -- 42. Wine and vinegar -- 43. Leaven and the fermentation process -- 44. Honey and the fermentation process -- 45. Purple dye -- 46. Scarlet and crimson dyes -- IV. Oceanography : 47. The deep places -- 48. Mountains in the sea -- 49. The density of water -- 50. The ocean and oceanic reservoirs -- 51. Springs of the sea -- 52. Channels of the sea -- 53. The paths of the sea, ocean currents -- 54. The paths of the sea and the pathfinder -- 55. The sea of reeds or the Red Sea?

V. Earth science : 56. The midst of the Earth -- 57. The spherical Earth -- 58. The Earth's seasons -- 59. The foundations of the Earth -- 60. The pillars of the Earth -- 61. The four corners of the Earth -- 62. Brimstone and the fire on Sodom and Gomorrah -- 63. The Earth suspended in space -- 64. Isostasy -- 65. An earthquake, and the Dead Sea becomes a living sea -- VI. Zoology : 66. Animals of the Bible -- 67. Classification of living things -- 68. The wild goats -- 69. The wild ass -- 70. The wild ox -- 71. The ostrich -- 72. The stork -- 73. The hippopotamus -- 74. The crocodile -- 75. Seed- harvesting ants -- 76. The hare -- 77. The hyrax -- 78. The camel -- 79. The fiery serpents -- 80. The horned sand viper -- 81. The cobra, or Asp -- 82. The deaf adder -- 83. The serpent's tongue -- 84. The saw-scaled viper

VII. Botany and microbiology : 85. Plant growth and development -- 86. The role of sunshine in plant growth -- 87. Grafting -- 88. Mildew and blight -- 89. Red fretting leprosy -- 90. Green fretting leprosy -- 91. The red and green leprosy in houses -- 92. Fuller's soap -- VIII. Anatomy and physiology : 93. The eye -- 94. The heart and the blood -- 95. Embryonic development -- 96. Life expectancy -- 97. Dust thou art -- 98. The breath of life -- 99. The aging process

IX. Genetics : 100. Dwarfism -- 101. Polydactylism -- 102. Giants -- 103. How Jacob got Laban's goat -- 104. Baldness -- 105. Breeding of diverse kinds -- X. Medical sciences and health practices : 106. Circumcision -- 107. Gangrene -- 108. Boils -- 109. Gonorrhea -- 110. Syphilis -- 111. Bubonic plague -- 112. Anthrax -- 113. Leprosy, or Hansen's disease -- 114. Elephantiasis -- 115. Bagdad boil -- 116. Eaten of worms -- 117. Dysentery -- 118. The seven year itch -- 119. Dead bodies, a source of diseases -- 120. Disease caused by swine -- 121. Shellfish

Discusses the numerous scriptural references to scientific subjects and examines their validity in the light of subsequent knowledge and discovery

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