Evolution and the Genre of Scripture: Why Evolution Shouldn’t Bother Jewish Theology

Samuel Lebens

doi:10.1080/14746700.2023.2255947

Evolution and the Genre of Scripture: Why Evolution Shouldn’t Bother Jewish Theology

Samuel Lebens

Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

I outline a Jewish response to theological problems emerging from Darwinian biology and contemporary cosmology. This response is rooted in an argument from genre, regarding the relationship between divine revelation and fiction. I then bring this Jewish response into conversation with Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s Islam and Evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	599-616
Number of pages	18
Journal	Theology and Science
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14746700.2023.2255947
State	Published - 2023

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© 2023 Graduate Theological Union (CTNS Program).

Keywords

Evolution
Islam
Judaism
fiction
genre
history

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Religious studies
History and Philosophy of Science

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