Brontologion

The Brontologion (4Q318) is an Aramaic text from Qumran that interprets thunder based on the moon's position in the zodiac.|||4Q318, an Aramaic zodiac calendar and brontologion from Qumran Cave 4.|||Composed in the 1st century BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||The earliest known Jewish brontologion (thunder divination text). Shows the use of astrology in Second Temple Judaism and the intersection of Jewish and Hellenistic science.|||Jacobus, H. R. "4Q318: A Jewish Zodiac Calendar at Qumran." In The Dead Sea Scrolls: Texts and Context. Brill, 2010.|||Wise, M. O. Thunder in Gemini. JSOT Press, 1994.|||Popović, M. Reading the Human Body. Brill, 2007.|||Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library|https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/|View 4Q318 fragment images.;; Wikipedia — 4Q318|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4Q318|Background and discussion.|||" If thunder occurs in Gemini, there will be war and fear in the land." — 4Q318 (paraphrase)