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Two different models of the process of creation existed in ancient Israel. [15] In the "logos" (speech) model, God speaks and shapes unresisting dormant matter into effective existence and order (Psalm 33: "By the word of YHWH the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their hosts; he gathers up the waters like a mound, stores the Deep in vaults"); in the second, or "agon ...
Hebrew astronomy refers to any astronomy written in Hebrew or by Hebrew speakers, or translated into Hebrew, or written by Jews in Judeo-Arabic.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.
This would appear to include planets as among the "stars", [14] and the Book of Abraham calls Earth a star. [15] In addition, it appears to classify Kolob among a hierarchy of "planets". [16] On the other hand, in the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar paper, Kolob is classified as one of 12 "fixed stars", as distinct from 15 "moving planets". [17]
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Though all stars and planets appear to move from east to west on a nightly basis in response to the rotation of Earth, the outer planets generally drift slowly eastward relative to the stars. Asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects (including Pluto) exhibit apparent retrograde motion. This motion is normal for the planets, and so is considered direct ...
Mormon cosmology teaches that the Earth is not unique, but that it is one of many inhabited planets, [39] each planet created for the purpose of bringing about the "immortality and eternal life" (i.e., the exaltation) of humanity. [40] These worlds were, according to doctrine, created by Jehovah, the pre-mortal Jesus. [41]
From an astronomy standpoint, planets go retrograde when it looks like they’re moving backward in the sky. By the way, this is an optical illusion: NASA stresses that the planets don’t ...
All eight planets in the Solar System orbit the Sun in the direction of the Sun's rotation, which is counterclockwise when viewed from above the Sun's north pole. Six of the planets also rotate about their axis in this same direction. The exceptions – the planets with retrograde rotation – are Venus and Uranus.