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What's in the heck is a firmament?

The book of Genesis describes the creating of the firmament and I'm so confused. Is it sky between the clouds and seas? The book calls it Heaven and has stars and the sun in it?

Freethinker85 4 Sep 16
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they just made up the word to be different.

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It's just the ancient Jewish cosmology. The "firmament" was a dome which held the sky, and rested on "the foundations of the heavens".

Funny how the Bible reflects the mis-beliefs of its day rather than reality, eh?

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You can do a google search whenever you have questions.

Link: [en.wikipedia.org]

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Definition of firmament
1 : the vault or arch of the sky : heavens
Stars twinkled in the firmament.

2 obsolete : basis

3 : the field or sphere of an interest or activity
the international fashion firmament
She's a rising star in the city's artistic firmament.

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