Hebrew Zodiac? We Were Surprised Too - Faith and Other Oddities Episode 68
In this episode we go back to address a few issues that we skipped over in our study in Judges. We begin with the unusual topic of the Hebrew Zodiac. We discuss why the zodiac was important to ancient societies, but also how this tool was not what we think of as the Zodiac and horoscopes today. And we ask the questions - how much credence should Christians give the zodiac? Should we be consulting the zodiac? What bearing do the planets have on our lives today? And what does Mazel Tov really mean?
Scriptures from this episode:
Deuteronomy 4:19-20, 18:9-10
Isaiah 47:12-15
Jeremiah 8:2, 10:2
Genesis 1:14
Amos 5:8
Job 38:31-33
Psalms 19:1
Matthew 2:1-2
Judges 5:20
Genesis 49
Genesis 37
Psalms 19:4
Revelation 12
Romans 10
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
Nehemiah 9:6
Job 38:7
Resources from this episode:
Ancient Jewish Astrology, An Attempt to Interpret 4QCRYPTIC by Francis Schmidt (Article, paywall) - http://bit.ly/390dfbA
Jewish Encyclopedia: Zodiac (Article) - http://bit.ly/2Wo8rKy
Ancient Jewish History: Astrology from Jewish Virtual Library (Article) - http://bit.ly/2widt0d
Jewish Astrology in the Talmud, Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Early Palestinian Synagogues by James H. Charlesworth (Article, paywall) - http://bit.ly/2QrPVNw
Astrology in the Talmud: An Analysis of Bavli Shabbat 156 by Greg E. Gardner (Article) - http://bit.ly/38YPoc0
Jewish Worship, Pagan Symbols: Zodiac mosaics in ancient synagogues by Walter Zanger (Article) - http://bit.ly/2TYMzU9
Book of Enoch (PDF) - http://bit.ly/30PcnCo
Sibylline Oracles (PDF) - http://bit.ly/2UfPHtN
Jubilees (PDF) - http://bit.ly/2QoUgB8
Eusibius Church History (Book) - https://amzn.to/3d9IRi4
The Works of Philo (Book) - https://amzn.to/2TWERda
Eupolemus - http://bit.ly/2x3tffG
September 11th: Happy Birthday Jesus by Dr. Michael Heiser (article)- http://bit.ly/3db1Ys3
What the Early Church Believed: Astrology (Article) - http://bit.ly/33q84QZ