The Witness Of The Stars Book

This was a .99 Kindle purchase. In this case, I got less than I paid for. Not that the content itself wasn't worthy -- it was. However, there were two unforgivable shortcomings: 1) The book was not indexed 2) Much more serious: there were no star chart illustrations that apparently were part of the original edition. The absence of the star charts really dissipated the value of this book. Come on publishers: charge a little more and make this a worthy read. There were also some typos that confirmed the editorial slothfulness.

As for the content itself. It's very intriguing. The first part of the book is difficult to read owing to its technical nature. It's the only work I knew of that examined Biblical Astronomy and NOT Astrology. Bullinger's premise is that the Heaven's pictorially proclaim Psalm 19:1 (The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.)
He then posits that among different cultures the same (or very similar) images are used to map the night skies. He then describes these images in the (star) light of Biblical redemption.

As with his brilliant Number in Scripture, Bullinger exhibits excellent scholarship. While there are no endnotes, he does reference several works. However, this was published in the 1880s. I'm not sure if the MLA or APA manual of styles existed. Such a work should be footnoted.

Despite this lame Kindle edition, this does provoke the reader to look at the skies in a different way. If Biblical Astronomy is something you would like to pursue, this work is the definitive way to start BUT NOT THIS EDITION!