To Life : Jews Exploring Nature.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Joel.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2026.

Summary:

To Life explores the Jewish relationship with nature by illuminating significant Jewish thinkers who increased in important ways our understanding of various aspects of natural history.In eight compelling chapter-long biographies, naturalist Joel Greenberg demonstrates the diversity of both Jewish identity and the natural sciences.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: The People of the Book Venture Outside: A Brief Consideration of Jewish Views Regarding Nature

1. Naturalist, Spy: Aaron Aaronsohn (1876-1919)

2. Invertebrate Zoologist Forging Her Own Path: Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1888-1969)

3. Of Birds and Murder: Nathan Leopold (1904-1971)

4. Neotropical Mammals Above All Else: Philip Hershkovitz (1909-1997)

5. The Art of the Spider: Herbert Levi (1921-2014)

6. If Mel Brooks Had Been a Herpetologist: Hymen Marx (1925-2007)

7. Indiana Jones Battling Vectors and the Agents of Disease: Andrew Spielman (1930-2006)

8. Ecology Underfoot: Joan Ehrenfeld (1948-2011)

Epilogue: My Nature

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Greenberg, Joel To Life

ISBN:

9781978844506

OCLC:

1592690116