New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780197584330)

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.


Author: Jeremy Brown
ISBN-10: 0197584330
ISBN-13: 9780197584330
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2021
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.20d

About the Author

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