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Judaism in the Theology of Sir Isaac Newton

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  1. Matt Goldish

    1. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Background of Newton’s Jewish Studies

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 17-37

  4. Judaism in Newton’s History of Early Religion

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 39-55

  5. Judaism in Newton’s Study of Scriptural Prophecy

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 57-83

  6. The Temple of Jerusalem in Newton’s Thought

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 85-107

  7. Judaism in Newton’s Church History

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 109-140

  8. Kabbalah and the Corruption of the Primitive Church

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 141-161

  9. Conclusion

    • Matt Goldish
    Pages 163-165

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 167-244
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About this book

This book is based on my doctoral dissertation from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1996) of the same title. As a master's student, working on an entirely different project, I was well aware that many of Newton's theological manuscripts were located in our own Jewish National and University Library, but I was under the mistaken assumption that scores of highly qualified scholars must be assiduously scouring them and publishing their results. It never occurred to me to look at them at all until, having fmished my master's, I spoke to Professor David Katz at Tel-Aviv University about an idea I had for doctoral research. Professor Katz informed me that the project I had suggested was one which he himself had just fmished, but that I might be interested in working on the famous Newton manuscripts in the context of a project being organized by him, Richard Popkin, James Force, and the late Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, to study and publish Newton's theological material. I asked him whether he was not sending me into the shark-infested waters of highly competitive scholarship, and learned that in fact there were only a handful of scholars in the world who actively studied and published on Newton's theology. At the time the group consisted mainly of Popkin, Force, Dobbs, Frank Manuel, Kenneth Knoespel, and David Castillejo.

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`It is a considerable achievement that at this relatively young age Goldish should be included among contemporary scholars whose work is reshaping the historical understanding of early modern history by emphasizing the decisive role that religion and theology played in the genesis of modern science. His book is important not only for historians of science but for anyone interested in early modern history and the ways in which the religious and scientific thought of the late 17th century contributed to the Enlightenment. The substantial appendices taken from Newton's theological manuscripts are an added feature of this excellent book.'
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCI:3-4 (2001)

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  • University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Matt Goldish

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