CONTENTS
Ptelace -- c.9
Acknowledgments -- c.13
Abbreviations -- c.15
1. Scripture in Context -- c.17
PART ONE: SCRIPTURE AND COSMOS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT
2. Ancient Near Eastern Cosmologies -- c.33
3. Cosmology in Scripture -- c.71
4. Cosmology and Cosmogony in Scripture -- c.103
PART TWO: COSMOLOGY AND SCRIPTURE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
5. Scripture and Aristotelian Cosmology -- c.123
6. Scripture and Copernican Cosmology -- c.159
PART THREE: SCRIPTURE AND SCIENCE
7.Cosmology and the Authority of Scripture -- c.189
8.The Authority of Scripture and the Issue of Science -- c.205
Bibliography -- c.223
Image Credits -- c.241
Author and Work Index -- c.243
Subject Index -- c.245
Scripture Index -- c.247

AT THE BEGINNING OF GENESIS we encounter a vaulted dome above the earth, a “firmament,” like the ceiling of a planetarium. But what does this dome of heaven have to do with deep space?
As Kyle Greenwood shows, the .cosmic language of the Bible is also that of the ancient Near Eastern palace, temple and hearth. Greenwood also helps us see' how the best Christian thinkers have viewed the cosmos in light of Scripture and have grappled with new understandings, as science-'has advanced from Aristotle to Copernicus to Galileo and the galaxies of deep space. It’s a compelling story that both illuminates the text of Scripture and helps us find our own place in the tradition of faithful Christian thinking and interpretation.