The Bible's Flat Earth

Indeed. With the hindsight of centuries of scientific progress and knowledge the interpretation is indeed the only one that "makes sense".But why would anyone interpret in this way without the benefit of such knowledge and hindsight?As always reality is what reality is and biblical interpretation limps along in the wake of scientific progress claiming that this scientific knowledge could have been known all along if we had just interpteted the bible in the "right" way.The "right" way that can only be known once we know what is actually correct.

Without the benefit of current scientific understanding and knowledge regarding the shape of the Earth would you treat the term "corner" literally or idiomatically in this context?Did the authors of the bible have the understanding or knowledge that you have regarding the shape of the Earth?Is the flat earth conclusion a common sense conclusion based on the limited viewpoint of one who has never travelled "over the horizon" or seen satellite images of a spinning ball in space?

So did any of the authors of the bible actually know that the Earth was spherical or not?