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  1. 001Is the sky described as something solid?Genesis 1:6-8Interpretation
  2. 002Is the firmament a hammered-out solid dome?Genesis 1:6-8Interpretation
  3. 003Is the sky a stretched curtain or tent?Isaiah 40:22Disputed
  4. 004Is the sky a molten mirror?Job 37:18Interpretation
  5. 005Is God's throne on top of the dome?Ezekiel 1:22Interpretation
  6. 006Is there an ocean above the sky?Genesis 1:6-9Untested
  7. 007Is rain the ocean above leaking through windows?Genesis 1:7Untested
  8. 008Does 'the circle of the earth' mean a flat disc?Isaiah 40:22Disputed
  9. 009Does chug mean a flat circle and dur a ball?Isaiah 40:22Disputed
  10. 010Do 'the four corners of the earth' describe a shape?Isaiah 11:12Untested
  11. 011Do corners mean edges?Isaiah 11:12Untested
  12. 012One sea around one land?Genesis 1:9-10Interpretation
  13. 013Does the earth stand on pillars and foundations?1 Samuel 2:8Text states
  14. 014Pillars and foundations, or hung on nothing?1 Samuel 2:8Disputed
  15. 015Does 'the earth shall not be moved' rule out rotation?Psalms 93:1Untested
  16. 016Did the sun stop, or the earth?Joshua 10:12-14Untested
  17. 017Does the Bible say the sun moves, not the earth?Ecclesiastes 1:5Untested
  18. 018If the earth was made before the sun, can it orbit the sun?Genesis 1:1-4Untested
  19. 019Does the Greek of Revelation 20:9 say the earth is flat?Revelation 20:9Interpretation
  20. 020Do scholars agree the Hebrew Bible pictures a flat, domed world?A spoken citation of an article that was not retrievedUntested

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  3. Creation study · OD20261015-C003Where are the lights placed in Genesis?
  4. Creation study · OD20261015-C004How does the flood account describe water entering and leaving?
  5. Creation study · OD20261015-C005Does Job’s seal image describe the whole earth being flattened?
  6. Creation study · OD20261015-C006What is the sun’s tabernacle and circuit?
  7. Creation study · OD20261015-C007What is Wisdom describing at the boundary of the deep?
  8. Creation study · OD20261015-C008Does an established world mean zero rotation?
  9. Creation study · OD20261015-C009What is at rest in Zechariah’s vision?
  10. Creation study · OD20261015-C010What does God’s footstool tell us about divine scale?
  11. Creation study · OD20261015-C011What did Ezekiel see above the living creatures?
  12. Creation study · OD20261015-C012Does Revelation20 use a Greek word meaning a flat planet?
  13. Creation study · OD20261015-C013What does Joshua’s long day actually narrate?
  14. Creation study · OD20261015-C014How does Odle decide when a passage is figurative?
  15. Creation study · OD20261015-C015Does God’s nearness specify the height of heaven?
  16. Creation study · OD20261015-C016Is Eden described as a garden on earth?
  17. Creation study · OD20261015-C017What does the guarded way to the tree of life establish?
  18. Creation study · OD20261015-C018How does heavenly Paradise fit Odle’s model?
  19. Creation study · OD20261015-C019What promise does Jesus make to the thief?
  20. Creation study · OD20261015-C020Does “not yet ascended” identify Paradise’s location?