Did the Sun Stand Still? the Bible's Ancient Cosmology

When astronomers like Copernicus and Galileo challenged conventional beliefs, Christians held to their understanding of Scripture’s plain teachings against the dangerous new ideas. Today we look back at those who stuck to their Biblical convictions and we celebrate … the astronomers. In this episode Nick and Matt reflect on the church’s response to heliocentrism and compare modern approaches to reading the Bible’s cosmology, and how understanding strange (to us) ancient cosmology can help us read the Bible better. Resources Referenced: The Firmament and the Water Above (https://www.adventistas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Seely-Firmament-WTJ.pdf) by Paul Seely, The Hebrew Conception of the World: A Philological and Literary Study (https://archive.org/details/hebrewconception0000stad) by Luis Stadelmann, Ancient Near Eastern thought and the Old Testament (https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Near-Eastern-Thought-Testament/dp/0801027500) by John Walton, John Calvin on Nicolaus Copernicus and Heliocentrism (https://biologos.org/articles/john-calvin-on-nicolaus-copernicus-and-heliocentrism) by Wyatt Houtz, Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture After Genetic Science (https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Genome-Reading-Scripture-Genetic/dp/158743394X/ref) by Scot McKnight and Dennis Venema, Reality is Not What it Seems (https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Is-Not-What-It-Seems-audiobook/dp/B01N49GVM1/ref) by Carlo Rovelli, The Faith and Reason of Father George Lemaître (https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8847) by Joseph R. Laracy, Geocentrism: History and Background (https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/geocentrism-history-background/) by Danny R. Faulkner, The Earth Does Not Move: God Said it, so I Believe it (https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Does-Not-Move-Believe/dp/B0CLK2VF83) by William Taylor, NET Bible Translation Notes (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NET). Interlude Music: On a Stroller by Harry Edvino, Space Waves by Ben Elson Theme Song: Believe by Posthumorous Connect with Us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC718UlWgpDl3yCVmlkBwnxA?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.reparadigmed.com/