Is “Literary Truth” Theologically OK?

Psalm 104:5 “He set the earthon its foundations.” Matt. 24:2 “From the ends of the earth”

Psalm 104:3 God’s “upper chambers” Gen 1:6 “An expanse to separatewater above from water below” Gen 7:11 “The floodgates of heaven were opened” Ps 104:2 “He stretches out theheavens like a tent” Job 26:11 “The pillars of theheavens quake”

Ancient Hebrew Conception of the Universe

Rev 6:13 “Stars in the sky fell toearth like late figs from a fig tree”

Is “Literary Truth” Theologically OK?

Ps 93:1; Ps 96:10; 1 Chron 16:30

“The world is firmly established it cannot be moved.”

Ecclesiastes 1:5

“The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to whereit rises.”

Joshua 10:13

“So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nationavenged itself on its enemies… The sun stopped in themiddle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

Astronomy inthe 1500s