Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation
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- Author: Norbert M. Samuelson, Temple University, Philadelphia
- Date Published: February 2011
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The topic of this book is "creation." It breaks down into discussions of two distinct but interrelated questions: What does the universe look like, and what is its origin? Texts considered come from the Hebrew scriptures, Greek philosophy, Jewish philosophy, and contemporary physics. Original conclusions follow about a diversity of topics, including the limits of human reason and religious faith, the relevance of scientific models to religious doctrine, and the nature of the relationship between God and the universe.
Read more- A clearly written introduction to the whole scope of Jewish thought
- Author is a major and established scholar of Jewish religious thought
- The topic of creation and creationism is of great interest
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"The modern dialogue/conflict between religion and science has been almost exclusively the realm of Protestants and Catholics. Samuelson....provides an impressive overview of key Jewish authors--ancient, medieval and modern--whose works provide the most meaningful insight into the dialogue. His grasp of modern physics is also impressive....[the book is] provocative and rewarding." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation
See more reviews"This is a sophisticated and valuable work that libraries serving advanced Judaica and philosophy programs will want to purchase." Choice
"...his work is one of the few lucid and intelligent efforts to cross this modern divide, his study will be useful to scholars of Jewish philosophy and the philosophy of science." Mara Benjamin, Religious Studies Review
"Samuelson concludes by drawing on quantum mechanics and recent scientific cosmogonies to offer correlations between contemporary physics and traditional Jewish thinking about creation....lucid and intelligent..." Mara Benjamin, Religious Studies Review
"Samuelson's approach to the religion-science interaction ultimately provides a foundation for judging, critiquing the adequacy of contemporary cosmology for the future of Jewish thought....Samuelson's efforts to draw us into that world are lucid and instructive....the new book by Samuelson is a vital, lucid, creative contribution." James F. Moore, Zygon
"The book is provacative in its breadth, raising significant issues beyond even its admittedly broad-ranging topic. Samuelson provides an opportunity for the reader to contemplate not only the relation between ancient, medieval, and modern Jewish and scientific accounts of creation, but also the relation between religion and science more broadly defined....Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation is a book that should cause us to think more deeply about the scope and possibilities of modern theology in general, and of Jewish philosophy in particular." Leora Batinitzky, Modern Theology
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- Date Published: February 2011
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511834301
- contains: 5 tables
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Modern Dogma of Creation:
1. Creation in Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption
2. A critique of Rosenzweig's doctrine: is it Jewish and is it believable?
Part II. A Jewish View of Creation:
3. Classical Jewish philosophy
4. Classical rabbinic commentaries
Part III. The Foundations for the Jewish View of Creation:
5. The account of creation in Genesis
6. The account of the origin in Plato's Timaeus
Part IV. A Believable View of Creation:
7. Creation from the perspective of contemporary physics
8. Creation from the perspective of contemporary philosophy
Notes
Select bibliography
Indices.
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