Franz Boll (1 July 1867 – 3 July 1924) was a German scholar and contemporary of Cumont. He became Professor of Classical Philology at the
University of Heidelberg
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He is known for his editorial and biographical work on
Claudius Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importa ...
. He also wrote on astrology. He is quoted as saying "Astrology wants to be religion and science at the same time; that marks its essence", and "Mankind measures time using the stars. Lay people, whose knowledge is based on belief, rather than science, say: "The course of the stars determines Time," and from this, religious people drifts the saying that "Heaven guides everything on Earth." Another quote of his is "Kronos and Helios were originally one and the same"
Boll is also known for his claim that the
Book of Revelation
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includes an allegorical depiction of the changes of
astrological age
An astrological age is a time period in astrological theory which astrologers say, parallels major changes in the development of Earth's inhabitants, particularly relating to culture, society, and politics. There are twelve astrological ages corr ...
s from the Age of Pisces to the
Age of Aquarius where instead of the end of the world, the
Apocalypse is really the end of an aeon. He also wrote many astrological articles and with Gundel and Bezold produced one of the best introduction to the history of astrology.
Works
* ''Studien über Claudius Ptolemaeus: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der griechischen Philosophie und Astrologie'', in: ''Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Pädagogik'', Supplementband 21,2 (1894), pp. 49–244.
* ''Sphaera: Neue griechische Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Sternbilder'' (Leipzig: Teubner, 1903) – reprinted in 1967 by Georg Olms, Hildesheim.
''Erinnerungen an Ludwig Traube''[That is ]Ludwig Traube (palaeographer)
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1907
* ''Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum: Band 7, Codices Germanicos descripsit Franciscus Boll'' (Brussels: Lamertin, 1908).
*
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* ''Aus der Offenbarung Johannis: Hellenistische Studien zum Weltbild der Apokalypse'' (Leipzig: Teubner, 1914) – reprinted in 1967 by Hakkert, Amsterdam.
* ''Antike Beobachtungen farbiger Sterne'', (Munich: Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1916).
*
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* ''Kleine Schriften zur Sternkunde des Altertums'' (Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1950) – edited by Viktor Stegemann.
Notes
External links
Historians of Astrology - by Lester Ness (Changchun University of Technology)at cura.free.fr
at members.optusnet.com.au
at members.optusnet.com.au
1867 births
1924 deaths
German classical philologists
Historians of astronomy
Academic staff of Heidelberg University
Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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