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In Hebrew, astrology was called ''hokmat ha-nissayon'', "the wisdom of prognostication", in distinction to ''hokmat ha-hizzayon'' (wisdom of star-seeing, or astronomy). While not a Jewish practice or teaching as such, astrology made its way into the Jewish community, and became especially predominant in some books of Kabbalah. ==In the Bible== Astrology is not specifically mentioned in the Torah, but there are two commandments which have been used by some authorities as a basis to forbid the practice. These commandments are understood by some rabbinic authorities as forbidding astrology, while others limit these ''mitzvot'' to other forms of soothsaying, and thus view astrology as permissible. In the Hebrew Bible the prophets scoffed at "star-gazers" (''hoverei ha-shamayim'') in and . Astrologers from Babylon were called ''Kasdim/Kasdin'' (Chaldeans) in the Book of Daniel. In rabbinic literature, the term ''Chaldeans'' later was often used as a synonym with those who practiced astrology. Some historians hold that astrology slowly made its way into the Jewish community through syncretism with ancient Hellenistic culture. The Sibylline oracles praise the Jewish nation because it "does not meditate on the prophecies of the fortune-tellers, magicians, and conjurers, nor practice Astrology, nor seek the oracles of the Chaldeans in the stars" (iii. 227); although the author of the ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' article on astrology holds that this view is mistaken. The early historian Josephus censures the people for ignoring what he thought were signs foreshadowing the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.〔("B. J." vi. 5, § 3)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewish views on astrology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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