The ancient Jews, as illustrated by numerous passages in the Old Testament, had a very different view of how the universe worked. As Genesis 1 tells the story, in the beginning, that is, at the dawn of time, God created the heavens and the earth, the expression used to describe the universe in those times.
The ancient Jewish cosmos, as above, resembled the cosmos as conceived by most if not all ancient Middle-Eastern cultures. The difference that made the difference, is tha…
