astrolatry

The Hebrew Bible contains repeated reference to astrolatry.

The Qur'an contains strong prohibitions against astrolatry.

Astrolatry does not appear to have been common in the Levant prior to the Iron Age, and becomes popular under Assyrian influence.

The Sabaeans were notorious for their astrolatry, for which reason the practice is also known as "Sabaism" or "Sabaeanism".

Astrology in the Hellenistic period grew out of Near Eastern and Egyptian practices of astrolatry.

Pope Leo the Great also denounced astrolatry, and the cult of Sol Invictus, which he contrasted with the Christian nativity.

Blackwell Reference Online, Star-Worship (Astrolatry, Sabaism)

King Josiah in 621 BC is recorded as having abolished all kinds of idolatry in Judah, but astrolatry was continued in private (Zeph.

Strong prohibition of Astrolatry is mentioned in the Quran through Prophet Abrahim observation of celestial bodies whose worship was common in Babylonian religion of that time.

Unlike astrolatry, which usually implies polytheism, frowned upon as idolatrous by Christian authors since Eusebius, astrotheology is any "religious system founded upon the observation of the heavens", and in particular, may be monotheistic.

Moreover it is Astrolatry and Sabaean worship, pure and simple, that is to be found in the Pentateuch when it is read exoterically, and Archaic Science and Astronomy to a most wonderful degree, when interpreted - Esoterically.