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Why evolution matters : a Jewish view / Joel Yehudah Rutman.
LIBRA BM538.E8 R88 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rutman, Joel Yehudah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 218 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Vallentine Mitchell, 2014.
- Contents:
- Part I How Can God Be Considered to Have Created the World When, According To Evolution, Everything Just Happened?
- 1 The Conflict 3
- 2 Evolution of the Cosmos 9
- 3 Evolution of Life 23
- 4 Evidence for Predictability and Progress in the Evolution of Life 47
- 5 Life Evolves Under a Loose Rein 65
- 6 An Intended World in Jewish Thought 83
- Part II Accord Between Evolutionary Science and Genesis
- 7 Resolving Conflicts between Genesis' Creation Account and Evolution 95
- 8 Examples of Accord between Evolutionary Science and Genesis 121
- 9 Evolution Informs Jewish Views on Suffering and Death 127
- Part III Human Evolution and Moral Behaviour
- 10 How Human Beings Evolved 143
- 11 The Evolution of Moral Behaviour 159
- 12 The Evolved Brain and Judaism's Free Will 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0853038589
- 9780853038580
- 9780853038689
- 0853038686
- OCLC:
- 862883252
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