Episode 58 - Biblical Cosmology and the Rise of the Flat Earth Movement

Doubts Aloud Podcast

Episode 58– Show Notes
Andrew is on a roll again, reporting his research into flat earth beliefs in the Bible. Actually, it is just a component in a whole cosmology of how the ‘heavens’, earth and under the earth fit together. Spoiler – no turtles. This eventually moves on to Ed getting excited over whether Jesus was a flat earther. We can’t help but see how this leads to literalist Bible interpreters becoming flat earthers - as in members of the modern conspiracy theory – and how important they were in the rise of that movement.
Links:
The link with the picture that Andrew mentioned early on
https://pursuingveritas.com/2014/05/14/ancient-hebrew-cosmology/
The Dr Heiser 20 min video lecture that’s really helpful
https://youtu.be/CGQDa9Ojk64
Another discussion from 2 evangelicals if you want it
“Heaven & Earth • Episode 1 - What is the Old Testament referring to as "Heaven"?”
https://bibleproject.com/podcast/heaven-earth-part-1/
We mentioned Skydive Phil debating on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6eEmfcMjDk
Finally the 2018 documentary film to google is “Behind the Curve”.
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