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Title:

Jewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism / edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc Swetlitz.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Evolution--Judaism.--Judaism.
Evolution (Biology)--Judaism.--Judaism.
Judaism and science.
Creation.
Earth--Age.

Other Authors:

Cantor, G. N., 1943-
Swetlitz, Marc, 1958-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-249) and index.

Contents:

Anglo-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.

ISBN:

9780226092775 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226092771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226092768 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226092763 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006017533

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)