![]() The fact is that many in the ancient world saw the earth as a flat circle. Do we mean a flat circle or a sphere? Of course, we mean spherical, but the word is ambiguous. As an analogy, we say that the earth is round. First of all, the Hebrew word is circle, not sphere. However, I temper my enthusiasm for a couple of reasons. What we can say is that in Isaiah 40:22 we see the following words: “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth.” I will have to say that I find this passage really interesting and even inspiring in that it accurately describes the earth as circular. ![]() How could we know whether someone in 2000 BC proposed that the earth was round, but it was not written down or perhaps this writing was later lost? How would you know this? More than 99.99% of everything said or discovered by ancient man is lost. ![]() I believe you should be extremely cautious in declaring that the Bible was the first to say that the earth is round.
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