Re: Firmament and the Water above was [asa] Re: Slug

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:37:40 -0700 "Paul Seely" <PHSeely@msn.com> writes:
> Glenn wrote,
> <<I have a question. I have read the Kabalah, and I have read parts
> of the
> Zohar (another kabalistic writing) and the Legends of the Jews (a
> collection
> of things from the Talmud and Haggada). The thought has formed that
> the
> interpretation of the meaning of the word raqiya may very well have
> been
> influenced by Ptolemy.>>
>
> If Ptolemy is c. 350 BC, I can't think of any Jewish writings except
> the OT
> which are earlier. He may have reinforced Jewish views about the
> solidity of
> the firmament, but that the Jewish view was taken from the OT is
> evident in
> that they held on to the ocean above the firmament, which Ptolemy
> did not
> accept.
>
Ptolemy fl. 2nd cent. CE. I did not use AD because it begins /anno/,
which can't be a century.
Dave
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Received on Sat Jun 17 19:54:32 2006