Astronomy In The Bible

Astronomy In The Bible

Lecture (1 session) | Available

481 S. Shiloh Drive Fayetteville, AR 72704 United States

Training Room, 159

Open to OLLI Members & Non-OLLI Members

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (one day)

1:00 PM-3:00 PM on Wed

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$40.00

$25.00

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is full of references to the heavens and the stars within them. But, the Biblical writers were ambivalent about the powers manifested in the heaven. Ray Towne, has been a student of the Bible & the stars since the 1970’s and taught “Constellations Dancing Over Your Head”, in Fall 2023 for OLLI. He will explore many verses and interpretation, like the Planetary conjunction that may have created the Star of Bethlehem.

Bring your Bibles as we explore that planetary conjunction and look for evidence of God’s Genesis 3 curse on the Serpent in our present constellations.

  • This class will meet in person at the OLLI offices, located at 481 S. Shiloh Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704. Please read your class reminder email for the exact room location.

    Class changes occasionally happen, please watch for (and read) announcements or emails from OLLI regarding your class.

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    OLLI, 481 S. Shiloh Dr., Fay

Learned the Big Dipper/North Star to navigate as a Boy Scout; taught myself the major constellations over nine months of late night/early morning in 1979 with a star chart (planisphere), and used a star sphere to visualize how the slow (26,000-year cycle) wobble in the earth's axis causes the precession of the equinoxes; B.A. Classics Pomona College 1974 (ancient myths and languages); four years Clinical Psychology 1975-1979 (projection of psychic contents outwards)