Science And The Bible
Some of the books of the Hebrew Bible contain descriptions of the physical world. Some have made the claim that these descriptions can be part of developing a history of science during Levant's Iron Age. Others hold that since the descriptions are not themselves scientific, they have no place in the history of science. The school of thought known as Panbabylonianism took the Hebrew Bible as entirely derived from the culture and mythology of Babylonia as it stood during the 6th century BCE, during the Babylonian captivity.
Current mainstream does allow for the possibility that some elements, particularly of the Torah, are independent of Babylonian influence, dating perhaps as early as the 9th or 10th century BCE, but the significant influence of Babylonian mythology and Babylonian cosmology on the worldview presented in the Tanakh is still beyond doubt. The Christian New Testament is a product of the Roman era and reflects the worldview of that epoch in some instances, e.g. in references to astrology or demonic possession.
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