Questions tagged [cosmology]
Questions pertaining to cosmology, the study of the way the universe developed and evolved, from a Jewish perspective.
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Do any Rabbinic sources discuss a potential Multiverse?
Are there any Rabbinic sources at all that discuss and/or entertain the possibility of a multiverse (loose definition)?
All sources are welcome, whether Chazal, Kabbala, or even contemporary ...
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Bereshit and the Cosmos
The account of creation in Bereshit does not mention much about other planets and the universe, besides the lights in the sky in verses 1:14-16.
Does that mean that the project of the Torah only ...
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Did the seasons exist before the deluge?
Genesis 8:22
כׇּל־יְמֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ זֶ֡רַע וְ֠קָצִ֠יר וְקֹ֨ר וָחֹ֜ם וְקַ֧יִץ וָחֹ֛רֶף
As explained by Seforno and Malbim ibid - the seasons prior to the deluge were non existent and there was eternal ...
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Rambam's explanation of eclipses
Following "did-chazal-know-what-caused-eclipses".
In MT, Foundations of the Torah.3.1 and Guide for the Perplexed 1.72, Rambam adapts Ptolemaic geocentrism and Aristotelian view of the ...
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Does the Torah itself support a universe older than 5k+ years?
There is a fundamental dispute about how to render the very first word in the Torah, and by extension, the first few pesukim, with wide ranging implication.
Rashi and his grandson Rashbam interpret ...
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