I think this is the first time these have helped me.
I first heard the word firmament in a Rammstein song and when I translated it it was the same in English so I looked it up the only definition I could find was just “the sky”.
It’s, yes. Back when they thought the sky had to be solid because something was holding it up.
Early Christian’s, for example believed that the water for Noah’s flood came from the firmament melting (since that bit in genesis describing the sky as “the waters” etc.)(it was written by Bronze Age peeps. Not exactly at the height off science.)
Yeah in the context of the song it more so refers to the sky above the horizon (the part which seemingly curves around the earth). Thinking about that I guess that is also what the picture is talking about
I think this is the first time these have helped me.
I first heard the word firmament in a Rammstein song and when I translated it it was the same in English so I looked it up the only definition I could find was just “the sky”.
I thought it was some ancient nonsense about it being the veil that all the stars were attached to. Regardless it’s a pretty archaic word.
It’s, yes. Back when they thought the sky had to be solid because something was holding it up.
Early Christian’s, for example believed that the water for Noah’s flood came from the firmament melting (since that bit in genesis describing the sky as “the waters” etc.)(it was written by Bronze Age peeps. Not exactly at the height off science.)
Yeah in the context of the song it more so refers to the sky above the horizon (the part which seemingly curves around the earth). Thinking about that I guess that is also what the picture is talking about
I guess it’s more commonly used in other languages than English. I’d think it’s the same in most Latin-based languages.