![]() The first Book of Enoch (8:3) includes astrology among the sins spread among mortals by the primeval giants ( nefilim). The Book of Jubilees (12:16–18) depicts the patriarch Abraham as overcoming the beliefs of the astrologers. ![]() The Sibylline Oracles (219–231) praise the Jewish people for refraining from astrology, which is a delusion. In the book of Daniel the Babylonian astrologers are called kasdim (Chaldeans), and in Aramaic kasda'ei (2:2, 4, 5, 10 4:14 5:7, 11). The prophets were aware of the practices of "star-gazers" ( ḥoverei ha-shamayim) among the Babylonians and other peoples but they scoffed at them (Isa. 18:10) were understood by the rabbis as bearing relation to astrology (Sanh. ![]() There is no explicit mention of astrology in the Bible, but two biblical passages dealing with the diviner ( menaḥesh) and soothsayer ( me'onen Lev. Ancient Jewish History: Table of Contents| The Khazars| ScribeĪSTROLOGY, the study of the supposed influence of the stars on human events and the predictions based on this study.
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