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Judaism and Evolution in Four Dimensions: Biological, Spiritual, Cultural, and Intellectual

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Ever since the advent of evolutionary theories in Europe, researchers and men of learning cast doubt upon them. However, the main opposition came from religious scholars, Jews and non-Jews, who perceived these theories, which contradict the literal understanding of the story of creation in the book of Genesis, as heresy. Consequently, they strived to undermine the foundation of these theories.

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Notes

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    Midrashim – rabbinical commentary on the scriptures and oral law.

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    Distance covered by an average man in a 72-min walk, between 3 and 4 km.

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    Zohar – a central work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah.

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    Halakha – Jewish Law. Halakhic Midrash refers to rabbinical discourse on subjects pertaining to Jewish law, Aggadic Midrash referes to discourse of subjects pertaining to Jewish philosophy and theology.

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  1. Efrata College, Jerusalem, Israel

    Shlomo E. Glicksberg

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  2. Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, Panacea, FL, USA

    Richard Gordon

  3. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

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Glicksberg, S.E. (2012). Judaism and Evolution in Four Dimensions: Biological, Spiritual, Cultural, and Intellectual. In: Swan, L., Gordon, R., Seckbach, J. (eds) Origin(s) of Design in Nature. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4156-0_11

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