All the arguments you ever wanted to read about ANE raquia, firmament, sky, cosmology

[Jonathan_Burke (Jon)]

@Jon_Garvey

Rather, apart from the way the raqia has been used as a lever to demonstrate the human fallibility of Scripture,

This shows your rejection of the solid raqia is based on theological concerns rather than looking at the facts.

@Jon_Garvey

more significantly I think it skews our attention from what the text is trying to say,

How?

@Jon_Garvey

But if you add to that consideration the gratuitousness of the interpretation, flying in the face of the cuneiform and Egyptian texts which have no such celestial ocean nor, properly speaking, a “retaining roof” raqia contrary to the nineteenth century view),

Have you read the work of Seely and others? Have you submitted anything to peer review on this subject? You seem to be using a lot of weasel words here.

@gbrooks9, this is how the Egyptians thought of the sky.