Title: New Heavens and a New Earth
Description: Jeremy Brown offers a study of the Jewish reception of the Copernican revolution, examining 400 years of Jewish writings on the Copernican model. Brown shows the ways in which Jews ignored, rejected, or accepted the Copernican model, and the theological and societal underpinnings of their choices.
Subjects: Copernicus, nicolaus, 1473-1543, Astronomy, Judaism and science, Judaism, History, Religious aspects