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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.
The name Shamash is a cognate of Akkadian terms šamšu ("sun") [5] and šamšatu ("solar disc"), as well as the words referring to sun in other Semitic languages, [2] such as Arabic šams and Hebrew šemeš. [6]
Tiferet relates to the Sun, and as such, it takes a central place in the lower face of the Tree of Life, much in the same manner that the Sun is at the center of the Solar System. It is not the center of the universe, as one could perhaps argue Kether to be, but rather it is the center of our local astronomical system.
The sun then travels behind the firmament back to the other end of the Earth, from whence it could rise again. [46] In the Testament of Solomon , the heavens are conceived in a tripartite structure and demons are portrayed as being capable of flying up to and past the firmament in order to eavesdrop on the decisions of God. [ 47 ]
Official name: Hebrew: ברכת החמה (Birkat Hachammah or Birkas Hachoma).Translation: "Blessing of the Sun" Observed by: Jews: Type: Jewish: Significance: Traditionally, the coincidence of the Sun's return to its location during the Creation of the world at the time of the week at which it was created
Helios-zodiac cycle, 6th-century mosaic in the Beth Alpha Synagogue, Israel. Mazzaroth (Hebrew Transliteration מַזָּר֣וֹת "maz-zā-rōt" or "maz-zā-roth", LXX Μαζουρωθ, Mazourōth) is a Biblical Hebrew word found in the Book of Job whose precise meaning is uncertain.
Astrology in Jewish antiquity (Hebrew: מזלות, romanized: mazzalot) is the belief that celestial bodies can influence the affairs of individuals and of entire nations upon the earth.
Unlike Shamash or Utu in Mesopotamia, but like Shams in Arabia, Shapshu was a female solar deity. In addition to attestations in Ugaritic texts, Amarna letter EA 323 uses the Sumerogram for the sun deity, d UTU, as a feminine noun (ša ti-ra-am d UTU, line 19); [8]: 115, n111 given the letter's provenance with Yidya of Ashkelon it may refer to Shapshu.