Comment by אילפא on Do we know if the ancient Jews embraced or refused the fourth century BCE observation of Aristotle that the Earth was a globe?

ככדור - שהעולםעגולכדאיתאבירושלמישאלכסנדרוסמוקדוןעלהלמעלהעדשראהכלהעולםככדורואתהיםכקערהפי' יםאוקינוסשמקיףאתכלהעולם: Like a ball - That the world is round, as stated in the Jerusalem Talmud, that Alexander of Macedon ascended above until he saw all of the world like a ball, and the sea like a basin, meaning the great ocean that entirely encompasses the Earth. sefaria.org/Tosafot_on_Avodah_Zarah.41a.4.1