_ I that rather held it better
men should perish one by one,
Than the earth should stand at gaze
like Joshua's moon in Ajalon!_
I can't figure the meaning of this, and don't get the (astronomical?)
reference to "Joshua's moon in Ajalon."
Dear George
It is possible, that the shadow of a sundial stands still and goes in the
opposite direction. This is mentioned in the Bible as the Sundial of Achas:
2. Kings 16, 10-11; 20, 9-11; Isaias 38, 8 and Sirach 48, 22-24.
I give some of the literature and thesis about this subject.
Mayer, G. U. (1610)
De Sole tempore Hiskiae retrogrado., Wittenberg.
Karl, Bernard Peter (1700 ???)
De miraculo solis vel umbrae in Ezechiae Horologio
dissertatio, cum mantissa de sole et luna a Josua consistere
jussis., Bremen.
Stuart, Bernard (1735)
Ephemeris ecclestica, astronomica-astrologica., Salzburg.
Sachse, Julius F. (1895)
Horologium Achaz (Christopherus Schissler, Artifex). Proc.
American Philosophial Society (NR. S. 21-30.
Elsner, Walter (1989)
Die Sonnenuhr des Achas - Das Raetsel der Schattenumkehr -
biblisches Wunder oder Spiel der Natur?. SFAU (NR. S.
149-156.
Thank you for your answer. Is there anybody who has other literature???
Klaus Eichholz
Arbeitskreis Sonnenuhren
Zum Ruhrblick 5
D-44797 Bochum
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