Naphtali Levy's Divine World: Jewish Tradition, Panentheism and Darwinism

A distinctive feature of many Jewish approaches to evolutionary theory has been a panentheistic understanding the cosmos. Among earliest Hebrew translations Darwin are those found in Toldot Adam or The Origin Man (1874) by Polish Naphtali Levy (1840–1894). Often regarded as traditionalist who sought harmonize science and Torah, was fact much more radical prepared prioritise over tradition. Remarkably, God portrayed an impersonal natural force, morality conceived result “struggle for existence,” bestial origins humanity were privileged special creation image God.