New Heavens and a New Earth

The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvJeremy Brown,George Washington University) Brown, Jeremy (Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-09-29
Mått239 x 160 x 30 mm
Vikt794 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197584330

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion
Naturvetenskapens historia inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Astronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

IntroductionChapter 1 - Nicolas Copernicus and His RevolutionChapter 2 - The Talmudic View of the UniverseChapter 3 - David Gans and the First Mention of Copernicus in Hebrew LiteratureChapter 4 - The First Jewish Copernican: Rabbi Joseph Solomon DelmedigoChapter 5 - ''Copernicus Is the Son of Satan.'' The First Jewish Rejections of CopernicusChapter 6 - David Nieto and Copernicanism in LondonChapter 7 - The Jewish EncyclopediasChapter 8 - The Eighteenth Century. Jews and Copernicus in the Newtonian EraChapter 9 - ''I Have Written a Book For the Young People.'' David Friesenhausen's Mosdot TevelChapter 10 - The Nineteenth Century: Copernicus Without HesitationChapter 11 - ''Let Copernicus and a Thousand Like Him Be Removed From the World.'' Reuven Landau's RejectionChapter 12 - The Modern PeriodChapter 13 - Relativity and Contemporary Jewish GeocentristsChapter 14 - ConclusionsAppendix Bibliography

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