[PDF.98rx] New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought

New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought

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 | #2164621 in Books |  Oxford University Press, USA |  2013-05-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.30 x1.10 x9.30l,1.65 | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Stunningly erudite and also written with humour!|By Paul Shaviv|This book covers 400 years of debate within the rabbinic world regarding the heliocentric theory first promoted by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543). With stunning erudition, it surveys the views of an amazingly broad spectrum of Jewish thinkers, from sixteenth-century Prague to contemporary Monsey, and from well| ||"Jeremy Brown has written a deeply researched and insightful account of a fascinating chapter in the often-fraught encounter between religion and science: the impact of the Copernican revolution on Jewish thinkers from its first appearance to today. This is a

In this ground-breaking study of the Jewish reception of the Copernican revolution, Jeremy Brown examines four hundred years of Jewish writings on the Copernican model. Brown shows the ways in which Jews ignored, rejected, or accepted the Copernican model, and the theological and societal underpinnings of their choices.

Throughout New Heavens and a New Earth are deft historical studies of such colorful figures as Joseph Delmedigo, the first Jewish Copern...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought   |  Jeremy Brown. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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