Jewish Science

Recent scientific discoveries are in striking agreement with the Genesis record.

Contemporary approaches to reconciling discrepancies.

The founder of Reconstructionist Judaism takes a pragmatic approach.

Recognizing the deeper meaning of the text.

Torah and science coexist in the world that Hashem fashioned.

Coexistence and conflict.

Maimonides drew upon scientific knowledge in his interpretations of Jewish law.

Jewish scholars in the Middle Ages viewed science as an avenue for knowing God.

Jewish tradition and scientific reasoning provide two different and sometimes contradictory sources of truth, and Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have struggled to address these contradictions.