LEADER 04155nam 22007094a 450 001 9910782444803321 005 20230124182723.0 010 $a1-281-95931-6 010 $a0-226-09301-8 010 $a9786611959319 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226093017 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578118 035 $a(EBL)408344 035 $a(OCoLC)476228579 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185638 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184015 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185638 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10209976 035 $a(PQKB)10499847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408344 035 $a(DE-B1597)523880 035 $a(OCoLC)781254484 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226093017 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408344 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265968 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195931 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578118 100 $a20060525d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc Swetlitz 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-09277-1 311 $a0-226-09276-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-249) and index. 327 $aAnglo-Jewish responses to evolution / Geoffrey Cantor -- Responses to evolution by Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis in twentieth-century America / Marc Swetlitz -- "Practically, I am a fundamentalist" : twentieth-century Orthodox Jews contend with evolution and its implications / Ira Robinson -- The impact of social Darwinism on anti-Semitic ideology in Germany and Austria, 1860-1945 / Richard Weikart -- The evolution of Jewish identity : Ignaz Zollschan between Jewish and Aryan race theories, 1910-1945 / Paul Weindling -- Zionism, race, and eugenics / Raphael Falk -- Crisis management via biblical interpretation : fundamentalism, modern Orthodoxy, and Genesis / Shai Cherry -- Torah and madda? : evolution in the Jewish educational context / Rena Selya -- Modern Orthodoxy and evolution : the models of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi A.I. Kook / Carl Feit -- The order of creation and the emerging God : evolution and divine action in the natural world / Lawrence Troster. 330 $aDarwin's theory of evolution transformed the life sciences and made profound claims about human origins and the human condition, topics often viewed as the prerogative of religion. As a result, evolution has provoked a wide variety of religious responses, ranging from angry rejection to enthusiastic acceptance. While Christian responses to evolution have been studied extensively, little scholarly attention has been paid to Jewish reactions. Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism is the first extended meditation on the Jewish engagement with this crucial and controv 606 $aEvolution$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aJudaism and science 606 $aCreation 607 $aEarth$xAge 610 $ajews, judaism, religion, faith, belief, darwin, evolutionary, evolution, science, theory, scientific, theoretical, academic, scholarly, human, origin, species, response, controversial, controversy, debate, argument, analysis, interdisciplinary, essay collection, anthology, philosophical, philosophy, rabbi, zionist, anti semite, creation, reform, reconstructionist, conservative, 20th century, orthodox. 615 0$aEvolution$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aJudaism and science. 615 0$aCreation. 676 $a296.3/4 701 $aCantor$b G. N.$f1943-$053530 701 $aSwetlitz$b Marc$f1958-$01502342 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782444803321 996 $aJewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism$93730033 997 $aUNINA