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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.
Mazzaroth (Hebrew: מַזָּר֣וֹת, mazzārōṯ, LXX Μαζουρωθ, Mazourōth) is a Biblical Hebrew word found in the Book of Job whose precise meaning is uncertain. Its context is that of astronomical constellations , and some judge it to mean a specific constellation, while it is often interpreted as a term for the zodiac or the ...
Said to have founded a school of astrology and astronomy in Baghdad Jeremiah Cohen of Palermo: 1486: Joseph ben Eleazar: 14th century: Joseph ben Isaac ben Moses ibn Wakkar: c. 1357: Joseph ben Israeli ben Isaac: died 1331: Joseph ibn Nahmias: 1300-30: Joseph Parsi: Joseph Taytazak: c. 1520: Judah Farissol: 1499: Judah ha-Levi: 1140: Judah ben ...
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. This involves the study of the celestial bodies' respective energies based on recurring patterns that change by the hour, by the week, month, year or by ...
Nibiru (also transliterated Neberu, Nebiru) is a term in the Akkadian language, translating to "crossing" or "point of transition", especially of rivers, [1] i.e., river crossings or ferry-boats.
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 ...
Abraham Zacuto (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם בֵּן שְׁמוּאֵל זַכּוּת , romanized: Avraham ben Shmuel Zacut, Portuguese: Abraão ben Samuel Zacuto; 12 August 1452 – c. 1515) was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian.
In the Hebrew Bible, Nabu is mentioned as Nəḇo (נְבוֹ) in Isaiah 46:1 and Jeremiah 48:1. [ 7 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In the Hellenistic period, Nabu was sometimes identified with Apollo as a giver of prophecies.