The Babylonian Theory of the Planets

by N.M. Swerdlow

Book Overview

In the second millennium b.c., Babylonian scribes assembled a vast collection of astrological omens, believed to be signs from the gods concerning the kingdom's political, military, and agricultural fortunes. The importance of these omens was such that from the eighth or seventh until the first century, the scribes observed the heavens nightly and recorded the dates and locations of ominous phenomena of the moon and planets in relation to stars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691605505
• ISBN13: 9780691605500
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"