نقاشات كتابية: هل الأرض مسطحة وفقاً للكتاب المقدس؟

What does the Bible actually say about the shape of the Earth? When we examine the Scriptures, we find various descriptions of the Earth that reflect the cultural and cosmological understanding of the ancient Near East. For instance, in Isaiah 40:22, we read that God “sits enthroned above the circle of the earth.” The Hebrew word used here, “chug,” can be translated as “circle” or “sphere,” which some interpret as suggesting a round Earth (Jarmy, 2021). But we must be…