What Does the Bible Really Say About the Earth’s Shape?

Many biblical passages describe the earth as a fixed, level plane with a solid vault of sky above. In this view, the sun, moon and stars move within that vault rather than the earth revolving in space. Nowhere does scripture mention a spinning globe orbiting the sun, the existence of vast outer space or modern concepts like the Big Bang and gravity holding oceans and people on all sides of a sphere. As someone who approaches the Bible from an agnostic perspective, I’m curious: how do scholars and believers reconcile these ancient descriptions with our contemporary understanding of cosmology?

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