Did the Hebrews designate and name the same constellations that the Latins and Greeks did? Did they accept the names and positions of the 48 constellations later cataloged by Ptolemy? Did they have one they called by the name "Virgo"?
I ask because I understand that the Babylonians called this same constellation "The Furrow", representing not a woman but an ear of grain.
I know nothing about such things but I would have supposed the Hebrews would have used the ancient Babylonian system, not the Greek-Roman one which came much later. Although the tribes of Judah were in formal captivity in Babylon for less than 100 years, Babylon remained the seat of Jewish intellectual life for centuries and well into A.D. times.
Quote-Did the Hebrews designate and name the same constellations that the Latins and Greeks did?
No clue Mrs. Don-O.
But using the shapes/names the world uses today:
When Israel is assembled for Passover, they do it with the 2 Fish, not the Ram/Lamb, like they did before..
‘I will make you Fishers of men’ Mathew 4:19
And we are moving to a time when the ‘water bearer’(Aquarius) will be the Passover/Spring Feasts.
‘I will pour out my Spirit on all Flesh’
Joel 2:28..
And when that happens, the Fall Feasts will be held under the ‘Lion’:
“Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5
We await the Lion of the Tribe of Judah’s return..
Scientfically, we are a few wobbles of the earth or a big earthquake away from some new signs in those places(His Spring and Fall Feasts) in His Sky..
We know the end details earthquakes..
The shakings can also be figurative...
What would this stuff do to something like Christmas shopping? Or the holiday season if people studied this stuff?
Would the world economy crumble if billions decided that what happens at the end of the civic year are false teachings that do nothing but rob Him of glory and feed an economic babylonian beast?
Blinding millions of unbelievers who are expecting a little Torah with the Messiah of Israel..
It shook my world for sure...