_Theory of the Earth's Form_ (Vol. iii., p. 331.).--Who first taught
that the form of the earth was that of a sphere? In Isaiah xl. 22.
appears the following passage:
He that sitteth upon the CIRCLE of the _earth_ and the inhabitants
thereof," &c.
Does not this extract prove that the Jews, as a people, were acquainted
with the spherical form of the earth in Isaiah's time; the prophets
usually addressing the people in popular language.