Can there be rational examples of the compatibility between natural science and Judaism? This book offers a strikingly novel perspective on traditional and contemporary Judaic practices. For those with some Judaic knowledge, there are biological explanations in these chapters not seen elsewhere. For those well-versed in evolutionary theory, the authors' perspectives suggest new approaches to the scientific study of religion. Topics include the monistic tendency, biblical polygyny, biblical family conflict, circumcision and proselytes, sacrificial-ritualistic mitzvot (obligations), periodic...

Can there be rational examples of the compatibility between natural science and Judaism? This book offers a strikingly novel perspective on traditional and contemporary Judaic practices. For those with some Judaic knowledge, there are biological explanations in these chapters not seen elsewhere. For those well-versed in evolutionary theory, the authors' perspectives suggest new approaches to the scientific study of religion. Topics include the monistic tendency, biblical polygyny, biblical family conflict, circumcision and proselytes, sacrificial-ritualistic mitzvot (obligations), periodic...

I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION that many people have more than one life, and I happen to be one of them. I feel that your first life starts on the day you are born, and your next life can be triggered by either an ordinary, or in some cases an extraordinary event. In my case, my "first life" started on the day I was born, April 17th, 1944, and my "next life" began on April 21, 1967, a fateful day that would change my world forever. It all started at 8 AM on a sunny spring morning, as I began my daily motorcycle commute to Temple University, and ended twenty minutes later, as I lay fighting for...