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In Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, new essays by renowned scholars address questions about what the ancient science of the heavens was in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean worlds, and the numerous contexts in which it was pursued. Together, these essays will enable readers not only to understand the technical accomplishments of this ancient science but also to appreciate their historical significance by locating the questions, challenges, and issues inspiring them in their political, medical, philosophical, literary, and religious contexts.

Alan C. Bowen, Ph.D. (1977: Philosophy, University of Toronto), is Director of the Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science. He has published numerous books and articles in the history of ancient Greek and Roman science and philosophy.

Francesca Rochberg , Ph.D. (1980: Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago) is Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has published widely in the history of Babylonian celestial divination, astrology, and astronomy.

Contributors are: Siam Bhayro, Alan C. Bowen, Lis Brack-Bernsen, Giuseppe Cambiano, Nicola F. Denzey-Lewis, Dennis W. Duke, James C. Evans, Klaus Geus, Gerd Grasshoff, Dorian G. Greenbaum, Robert Hannah, Stephan Heilen, Wolfgang Hübner, Hermann Hunger, Helen Jacobus, Richard L. Kremer, Alexandra von Lieven, Stamatina Mastorakou, Clemency Montelle, Mathieu Ossendrijver, Tracey E. Rhill, Francesca Rochberg, Micah T. Ross, Alfred Schmid, Nathan C. Sidoli, Anthony Spalinger, Glen Van Brumelen, James C. Vanderkam, James Wilberding, Christian Wilder

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations and Tables
List of Abbreviations
0 Prolegomena to the Study of Hellenistic Astronomy Alan C. Bowen and Francesca Rochberg
Part A Technical Requirements
1 The Celestial Sphere Clemency Montelle
2 Methods of Reckoning Time Robert Hannah
Chapter 3 Quantitative Tools
3.1 Techniques of Measurement and Computation Mathieu Ossendrijver
3.2 Planar and Spherical Trigonometry Glen Van Brummelen
Chapter 4 Theory of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
4.1 Fundamentals of Planetary Theory Nathan Sidoli
4.2 Hypothesis in Greco-Roman Astronomy Alan C. Bowen
4.3 Some Early Hypotheses in Greco-Roman Astronomy Alan C. Bowen
4.4 The Ptolemaic Planetary Hypotheses James C. Evans
4.5 The Hellenistic Theory of Eclipses Clemency Montelle
4.6 Hellenistic Babylonian Planetary Theory Mathieu Ossendrijver
4.7 The Babylonian Contribution to Greco-Roman Astronomy Francesca Rochberg
4.8 Hellenistic Egyptian Planetary Theory Micah T. Ross
Part B Observations, Instruments, and Issues
Chapter 5 Observational Foundations
5.1 The Observational Foundations of Babylonian Astronomy Lis Brack-Bernsen
5.2 Experience and Observation in Hellenistic Astronomy Richard L. Kremer
Chapter 6 Astronomical Instruments
6.1 Hellenistic Surveying Instruments Tracey E. Rihll
6.2 Hellenistic Maps and Lists of Places Klaus Geus
6.3 Star-Lists from the Babylonians to Ptolemy Gerd Graßhoff
6.4 Ptolemy’s Instruments Dennis W. Duke
Chapter 7 Thematic Questions
7.1 Issues in Hellenistic Egyptian Astronomical Writings Anthony Spalinger
7.2 The Texts and Aims of Babylonian Astronomy Hermann Hunger
7.3 Issues in Greco-Roman Astronomy of the Hellenistic Period Alan C. Bowen
Part C Contexts
8 The Professional ἀϲτρολόγοϲ Wolfgang Hübner
Chapter 9 Hellenistic Astronomy in Public Service
9.1 The Sundial and the Calendar Robert Hannah
9.2 The Antikythera Mechanism James C. Evans
9.3 Hellenistic Astronomy in Medicine Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
Chapter 10 Hellenistic Astronomy in Literature
10.1 Aratus and the Popularization of Hellenistic Astronomy Stamatina Mastorakou
10.2 The Authority of the Roman Heavens Alfred Schmid
Chapter 11 Hellenistic Astronomy in the Training and Work of Priests
11.1 Hellenistic Astronomy and the Egyptian Priest Alexandra von Lieven
11.2 Hellenistic Astronomy and the Babylonian Scribal Families Mathieu Ossendrijver
Chapter 12 Astral Divination and Natal Astrology
12.1 The Hellenistic Horoscope Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
12.2 Hellenistic Babylonian Astral Divination and Nativities Francesca Rochberg
12.3 Hellenistic Horoscopes in Greek and Latin: Contexts and Uses Stephan Heilen
12.4 Demotic Horoscopes Micah T. Ross
Chapter 13 Theological Contexts 13.1 Hellenistic Astronomy in Early Judaic Writings James C. VanderKam
13.2 Astral Divination in the Dead Sea Scrolls Helen R. Jacobus
13.3 Hellenistic Astronomy in Early Christianities Nicola Denzey Lewis
13.4 Cosmology in Mandaean Texts Siam Bhayro
13.5 Astral Discourse in the Philosophical Hermetica (Corpus Hermeticum) Christian Wildberg
Chapter 14 Hellenistic Astronomy in the Philosophical Schools 14.1 Astronomy and Divination in Stoic Philosophy Giuseppe Cambiano
14.2 Plotinus on the Motion of the Stars James Wilberding
Historical Glossary of Important Terms in Hellenistic Astronomy Bibliography Index of Passages Index of Names Index of Subjects
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