Please provide any Bible scriptures.
2007-08-07 11:23:46 · 3 answers · asked by Soul saviour 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_astronomy
...earliest astronomy... contained in the Bible, mainly the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible or "Old Testament"),... Jewish religious works... Talmud.
...lack of a strong astronomical tradition among the ancient Hebrews... contrast to... the Assyrians and Babylonians. Deuteronomy 4:19 warns against worshipping the stars and naked eye planets,...
The stars are called the "hosts of heaven" around God and in the heights above.... can also refer to angels or other creatures (stars symbolize angels in the apocryphal first Book of Enoch.) ... Note: Apparently, stars and constellations may also symbolize fallen angels according to the Book of Enoch. 1 Enoch 6-11 part of Book of Watchers is considered true by many scholars because it is thought to be the original core of 1 Enoch. (written before 70 AD or in the first century). Apparently, 1 Enoch 37-71, 1 Enoch from 72 to 108, 2 Enoch, and 3 Enoch may be false because apparently the writings postdates the first century. See Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch
...the Assyrians, who likewise conceive of the stars as soldiers serving the god of heaven, Anu,...somewhat similar god Ninib or Ninurta, who was identified with the planet Saturn...
...The stars stand in God's presence, to the right and the left of His throne (I Kings 22:19; II Chronicles 18:18); they serve Him (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 103:21), and praise Him (Psalms 103:21, 148:2).... living creatures (Jeremiah 8:2), and quite naturally upon the housetops (Jeremiah 19:13, 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5)...
...At the head of this starry host stands a "captain of the army" (e.g., Joshua 5:14); According to Daniel 8:11, he was the star highest in altitude... Saturn, the farthest removed from earth and therefore the highest in the heavens. This starry army belongs to Yhwh;... "Yhwh of hosts" or "God of hosts" indicates that He is the actual leader of the heavenly array...
Old Testament - stars and constellations include:
"Kesîl" (Isaiah 13:10; Amos 5:8; Job 9:9, 38:31), usually understood to be Orion, a giant angel.
"Kimah" (Amos l.c.; Job l.c.), which may be the Pleiades, Aldebaran, Arcturus, or Sirius.
"'Ash" or "'Ayish" (Job 9:9, 38:32), possibly the Hyades or Ursa Major, or even the Evening Star (Venus when seen after sunset).
"Mezarim" (Job 37:9), which may be Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, or a synonym for "mazzalot," ... refer to the planets or the constellations of the zodiac.
The planets -"Mazzalot" (e.g., II Kings 23:5)... only two planets are named in the Old Testament: Saturn, called "Chiun" in Amos 5:26, closely related to the Assyrian "Kévan" or "kaiwanu."
Venus, called "Meleket ha-Shamayim," "the queen of heaven," in Jeremiah 7:18... Assyrians and Babylonians cake offerings were called "the bread of Ishtar."
"Helel," the "son of the morning," in Isaiah 14:12, ...is also thought by some to be the morning star (Venus when visible before dawn). This identification is better known... as Lucifer, the "light-bearer."...
...R. Simeon b. Laḳish (about 250): "There are twelve mazzalot [signs of the zodiac], each having thirty armies; each army, thirty camps [= castra]; each camp, thirty legions [compare Matt. xxvi. 53]; each legion, thirty cohorts; each cohort, thirty corps [compare Krauss, "Lehnwörter," s.v.]; and each corps has 365,000 myriads of stars entrusted to it" (Ber. 32b)...
...sacred time was based upon the cycles of the Sun and the Moon... The Talmud identified the twelve constellations of the zodiac with the twelve months of the Hebrew calendar... The correspondence of the constellations with their names in Hebrew and the months is as follows:
1. Aries - Ṭaleh - Nisan
2. Taurus - Shor - Iyar
3. Gemini - Teomim - Sivan
4. Cancer - Sarṭon - Tammuz
5. Leo - Ari - Av
6. Virgo - Betulah - Elul
7. Libra - Moznayim - Tishrei
8. Scorpio - 'Aḳrab - Cheshvan
9. Sagittarius - Ḳasshat - Kislev
10. Capricorn - Gedi - Tevet
11. Aquarius - D'li - Shevat
12. Pisces - Dagim - Adar
...Some scholars identified the twelve signs of the zodiac with the twelve tribes of Israel...
2007-08-07 13:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious information is an oxymoron. You should call it religious disinformation.
But here goes...
When the moon is in the seventh house, and jupiter aligns with mars, then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars.
2007-08-07 11:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is Hebrew Astronomy?
2007-08-07 11:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋