New Heavens and a New Earth

The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-19-758433-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

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 Copernican and a student of Galileo; Tuviah Cohen, who called Copernicus the "Son of Satan;" Zelig Slonimski, author of a collection of essays on Halley's Comet; and contemporary Jewish thinkers who use Einstein's Theory of Relativity to argue that the Earth does not actually revolve around the sun. Brown also provides insightful comparisons of concurrent Jewish and Christian writings on Copernicus, demonstrating that the Jewish reception of Copernicus was largely dependent on local factors and responses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Chapter 1 - Nicolas Copernicus and His Revolution

- Chapter 2 - The Talmudic View of the Universe

- Chapter 3 - David Gans and the First Mention of Copernicus in Hebrew Literature

- Chapter 4 - The First Jewish Copernican: Rabbi Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

- Chapter 5 - ''Copernicus Is the Son of Satan.'' The First Jewish Rejections of Copernicus

- Chapter 6 - David Nieto and Copernicanism in London

- Chapter 7 - The Jewish Encyclopedias

- Chapter 8 - The Eighteenth Century. Jews and Copernicus in the Newtonian Era

- Chapter 9 - ''I Have Written a Book For the Young People.'' David Friesenhausen's Mosdot Tevel

- Chapter 10 - The Nineteenth Century: Copernicus Without Hesitation

- Chapter 11 - ''Let Copernicus and a Thousand Like Him Be Removed From the World.'' Reuven Landau's Rejection

- Chapter 12 - The Modern Period

- Chapter 13 - Relativity and Contemporary Jewish Geocentrists

- Chapter 14 - Conclusions

- Appendix

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy Brown is an emergency physician and Director of the Office of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Scientific American, and The Spectator. He writes about science and medicine in the Talmud at Talmudology.com