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Ideas from '06: Book of Joshua' by Anon (Josh) [540 BCE], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Bible' (ed/tr the Church) [Collins 1950,-]].

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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
7489 Joshua said, Sun, stand thou still
                        Full Idea: Then Joshua spake to the Lord, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and the Sun stood still.
                        From: Anon (Josh) (06: Book of Joshua [c.540 BCE], 10.12)
                        A reaction: This verse became highly significant during the controversies from Copernicus to Galileo about the heliocentric universe.