> > HH: The word MW(D ("time") clearly can refer to the seasons of
> > nature. In Jer 8:7 it refers to the migration season for birds. In Ps
> > 104:19 it refers to nature's seasons:
>
>I think you are mistranslating Psalm 104. The word mw(d very often
>refers to the full moon holiday.
HH: A full moon holiday is foreign to the context
of the natural world of Psalm 104 [...]
HH: What do wild goats care about a full moon
holiday? What do beasts of the forest care about
it? What do lions care about it?
HH: Here is a small piece of writing about this part of Psalm 104:
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1995/PSCF6-95Schafran.html
HH: The moon is related to the cycle of day and
night, to the cycle of months, to the tides. It
seems to do other things. Here are a few quotes
from people writing on this topic (note
especially the second quote):
>As for Jeremiah, I had considered the possibility that the terms in
>Jer 8:7 refer to constellations. The main argument is the joint
>terms sws and (gwr, which appear jointly in places I consider to
>be astrological contexts. This example is a rebuke of astrology.
HH: The obvious meaning of the passage stands:
Jer. 8:7 Even the stork in the sky knows her
appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and
the thrush observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know the requirements of the
LORD.
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