Yahuda101 B'reshith (Genesis) and Evolution
Yahuda101 B'reshith (Genesis) and Evolution B'reshith (Genesis) and Evolution By Yahuda101 Jewish views on evolution includes a continuum of views about evolution, creationism, and the origin of life. Some Jewish denominations accept evolutionary creationism (theistic evolution) Classical Rabbinic Teachings The vast majority of classical Rabbis hold that God created the world close to 6,000 years ago, and created Adam and Eve from clay. This view is based on a chronology developed in a midrash , Seder Olam, which was based on a literal reading of the book of Genesis . It is considered to have been written by the Tanna Yose ben Halafta, and cover history from the creation of the universe to the construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem . This chronology is widely accepted among most of Orthodox Judaism today. A small minority of classical rabbis believed that the world is older, and that life as we know it today did not always exist. Rabbis who had this view based th