<<Stars seem an afterthought to Moses (or the Genesis compilers), IMO. Likewise, references to stars throughout the Torah, relatively speaking, are nowhere near as numerous as, say, "stone," or "tree," or, for that matter, "land." I see connections, but not astral ones.>>


Quite the opposite Mark, the Ezekiel Wheel represents the entire Zodiac, the Patriarchs are all solar personae, so is king SOL-omon etc. The ancient sages warned of taking the scriptures literally. This is a plague nowadays. Kees is right and we are simply unable to see the symbolism anymore. One fantasy is replaced by the other. Like the idiotic crap Da Vinci Code that only adds to the Church falsifications and makes Christ even more human, with wife, kids and mortgage payments. But I am wasting my breath as the majority of people on this board enjoyed this "fun read".