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Judaism and Science: A Historical Introduction

Judaism and Science: A Historical Introduction

Efron, Noah

Hardcover

Series: Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion

JudaismGeneral Science

ISBN10: 0313330530
ISBN13: 9780313330537
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Nov 1 2006
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.23 Width: 6.52 Depth: 9.24
Language: English

Judaism and Science canvases three millennia of Jewish attitudes towards nature and its study. It answers many questions about the complex relationship of religion and science. How did religious attitudes and dogmas affect Jewish attitudes towards natural knowledge? How was Jewish interest in science reflected, and was facilitated by, links with other cultures - Egypt and Assyria and Babylon in ancient times, Moslem culture in medieval times, and Christian culture during the Renaissance and since? How did science serve as a bridge between religious communities that were otherwise estranged and embattled? How did science serve as a vehicle of assimilation into the wider intellectual culture in which Jews found themselves? The book considers the attitudes and work of particular Jews in different epochs. It takes an eagle's-eye view of its subject, considering broad themes from a high vantage, but also swooping down to consider particular individuals at high focus, and in detail.

Judaism and Science encompasses the entire history of the interaction of Jews and natural knowledge.

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