When the ancient Hebrews looked up at the night sky, they not only saw a canopy of twinkling heavenly bodies, but they also believed they were looking directly at the floor of God's Throne Room!
Yahweh was their triumphant deity who battled terrifying sea monsters at the beginning of time. Emerging victorious, he mounted his throne located right on top of the "firmament", a biblical term we generally equate with "sky", yet its actual meaning is much more nuanced. It comes with an entire mythos of its own.
This and similar curious concepts you'll find all throughout this video give us an idea about how the cosmology of that time vastly differed from ours, a time when the line between cosmology and mythology was blurred.
In this video we explore the fascinating world of the ancient biblical cosmos, this snowglobe-like structure, along with its own desolate underworld, its planets, astronomy, and the Seven Heavens spread out majestically above it.
This journey will leave you fascinated :)
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - What the Biblical Cosmos Looked Like
01:53 - Cosmogony: How It All Came To Be
07:57 - The Cosmic Sea Tehom
09:29 - Earth
12:07 - Sheol The Underworld
16:39 - The Firmament
23:25 - Astronomy of the Ancient Hebrews
29:50 - The Seven Heavens & Gan Eden
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Music:
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'Godsend' by Johannes Bornlöf via Epidemic Sound
'Forever' by CO.AG Music
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'Sphinx' by David Celeste via Epidemic Sound
'Don't Lose Faith' by Kikoru via Epidemic Sound
'Secrets of the Earth' by Lama House via Epidemic Sound
'Thunderbird' by Kevin MacLeod
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'Erudition' by Ambre Jaune via Epidemic Sound
'Day With You' by CO.AG Music
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'Memories Unfold' by David Celeste via Epidemic Sound
'Lucid Space' by Joseph Beg via Epidemic Sound
'Of Sober Mind' by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen via Epidemic Sound
'The Wind In Her Hair' by David Celeste via Epidemic Sound
'City of Clouds' by Kikoru via Epidemic Sound
'For Evermore' by David Celeste via Epidemic Sound
'Knight's Templar' by Adriel Fair via Epidemic Sound
