Product Description: Why Evolution Matters examines the concept of evolution in relation to Judaism, showing that far from something to be avoided within the religion, evolutionary thought deepens an understanding of classic areas of Jewish concern, including free will, moral behavior, suffering, and death...read more

Product Description: Scholars have struggled for decades to explain why Jews have succeeded extravagantly in modern science. A variety of controversial theories―from such intellects as C. P. Snow, Norbert Wiener, and Nathaniel Weyl―have been promoted...read more

Product Description: In this book, the author presents two worldviews. The first is the theocentric view of divine providence: God governs and is involved in the development of the world, including that of the animal kingdom. The second worldview is atheistic-materialistic and secular...read more

Product Description: Dr. Tsesis describes the path he traversed from religious ignorance to strong belief in the Jewish religion. In this book whose themes intersect with philosophy, theology, and ethics, Tsesis assigns a special place to the proof of his conclusion that religion and science--especially in light of recent discoveries--are not antagonists, and are, in fact, in complete harmony, supplementing and not excluding each other...read more

Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Dealing with the most fundamental issues in understanding the world, this is a book about the lawfulness of the world and its development, human knowledge, and the philosophy of science. These have all been examined from the religious Jewish perspective of a distinguished scientist...read more

Product Description: Intergalactic Judaism analyzes biblical metaphors with the aid of modern scientific advances in space exploration, physics, biology, and astronomy. It seeks to investigate and enhance readers’ understanding of the Torah in light of the revelations of modern science, using these discoveries as a commentary on biblical imagery while bearing in mind the sacred traditional explanations of the Torah that have been transmitted through dozens of generations...read more

Product Description: An hommage to Gad Freudenthal, this volume offers twenty-two chapters on the history of science and the role of science in Jewish cultures. Written by outstanding scholars from all over the world it is a token of appreciation for Freudenthal's accomplishments in this discipline...read more