That the latter means Venus is shown by the cakes which are said to have been baked for her. The term Chiun (כִּיּוּן Kīyyūn) in Amos 5:26 is thought by some authors to refer to Saturn, closely related to the Assyrian 'Kévan' or ' kaiwanu.'.Mezarim (מְזָרִים Məzārīm), which may be Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, or a synonym for mazzarot, in which case it would refer to the planets or the constellations of the zodiac.Īside from the Earth, only two planets are named in the Hebrew Bible:.'Ash or ' Ayish (עָשׁ ‘Āš), possibly the Hyades, Arcturus or Ursa Major, or even the Evening Star ( Venus when seen at dusk).Ḵīmā (כִימָה), which may be the Pleiades, Aldebaran, Arcturus, or Sirius.Kəsīl (כְּסִיל), usually understood to be Orion, a giant angel.Only a few stars and constellations are named individually in the Hebrew Bible, and their identification is not certain. Historian Flavius Josephus says Seth and his offspring preserved ancient astronomical knowledge in pillars of stone. Some scholars suggest that the signs of the zodiac, or Mazzaroth, and the names of the stars associated with them originally were created as a mnemonic device by these forefathers of the Hebrews to tell the story of the Bible. Some Persian and Arabian traditions ascribe the invention of astronomy to Adam, Seth and Enoch.

It includes a range of genres from the earliest astronomy and cosmology contained in the Bible, mainly the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible or 'Old Testament'), to Jewish religious works like the Talmud and very technical works. Hebrew astronomy refers to any astronomy written in Hebrew or by Hebrew speakers, or translated into Hebrew, or written by Jews in Judeo-Arabic. Astronomy written in Hebrew or by Hebrew speakers

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