
A Firmament explanation - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange
2024年3月18日 · In ancient cosmology, the firmament was often depicted as a solid, domed structure that stretched across the sky. It was believed to be a physical barrier that held back …
What was the logic behind changing "firmament" to "sky"?
2015年11月18日 · The 'firmament' of Gen.1 was thus not the inner atmosphere as we conceive it: it was the dome superstructure inside of which God created the universe as they conceived it, …
Did genesis say the sky is made of water?
2020年11月26日 · Originally, God created the earth with water “under” the sky (terrestrial and subterranean water) and water “above” the sky—possibly a “water canopy” which enwrapped …
In Genesis 1:14, how are the “lights in the firmament of …
In Genesis 1:14, it is written, 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days …
genesis - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange
In Genesis 1:6, the word "firmament" (Hebrew: raqiya) is referring to what we call the sky. It separates the waters below (oceans, lakes, rivers, etc) from the waters above (where the rain …
In Psalm 148:4 are the waters above the highest heaven?
God called the firmament heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day." Jubilees 2:4 And on the second day He created the firmament in the midst of the waters, and …
genesis - Why were the waters divided in Gen 1:6? - Biblical ...
2016年8月12日 · 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters …
The word “expanse” in Genesis 1:6-8 - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack ...
2015年4月10日 · The ancients believed this expanse was a physical barrier between the waters above the earth and the water on earth, although rain did sometimes come through this …
What does הרקיע mean in Genesis 1? - Biblical Hermeneutics …
2020年6月17日 · In Genesis 1, God divides the waters from the firmament (הרקיע) What does firmament mean? Does it simply mean sky, as in the blue dome of air above us?
science - Concept of Universe in the Old Testament - Biblical ...
2024年2月15日 · In the Old Testament, many verses report the beliefs about the structure of the Universe. Surprisingly (well... for me!), these believes seem not to change much from the very …