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In this penetrating and enthralling work, the layman and scholar alike are guided along a blazing trail of dazzling revelations in the fields of relativity, astrophysics, quantum mechanics, and satellite imagery — to discover incredible synthesis with the literal narrative of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix Days of Creation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Alexander Hool\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egrew up under the tutelage of his father, Rabbi Maurice Hool of Kingsbury, London, UK. 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Other recent publications include Shiur HaShiurim (a comprehensive investigation of the classification and calibration of measures and distances used in the Middle East before the Common Era), The Challenge of Jewish History (Mosaica Press, 2015), Searching for Sinai (Mosaica Press, 2018), Pharaoh (Mosaica Press, 2020), and The Desert Encampments (Mosaica Press, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mosaica Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714556809528,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/9497\/8104\/files\/p17982_0.jpg?v=1693457478"},{"product_id":"the-six-days-of-creation-volume-3","title":"The Six Days of Creation, Volume 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product attribute w-full subtitle\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value text-lg text-gray-600 font-normal mb-2 block leading-6 mt-3\"\u003eDevelopment of Life, Homo Sapiens, and the Missing Millions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product attribute w-full subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow does the Torah’s record of Creation correspond with archeological discoveries?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"value text-lg text-gray-600 font-normal mb-2 block leading-6 mt-3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Torah’s account of Creation stipulates that plant life was created on the Third Day, marine life on the Fifth Day, and land animals and man on the Sixth Day. However, an abundance of archaeological material, along with sophisticated dating techniques, appears to trace the development of life over the course of millions of years—from simple marine life to plant life to the intricately complex animals and humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evolume 1\u003c\/b\u003e, the early expansion of the universe—indicated in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalmud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand scientifically established—is shown to have possibly resulted in the dramatic slowdown of the daily cycle of the sun on the Fifth Day of Creation—reconciling the scientific age of the universe with that of the Torah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003evolume 2\u003c\/b\u003e, this same dramatic slowdown is shown to harmonize the Torah’s record of Creation with the entire spectrum of archaeological discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"value text-lg text-gray-600 font-normal mb-2 block leading-6 mt-3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“An original and ingenious explanation based on the words of Chazal.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabbi Aharon Feldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"value text-lg text-gray-600 font-normal mb-2 block leading-6 mt-3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Opens the door for full elimination of apparent contradictions between Torah and science.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Doron Aurbach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"value text-lg text-gray-600 font-normal mb-2 block leading-6 mt-3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Alexander Hool\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egrew up under the tutelage of his father, Rabbi Maurice Hool of Kingsbury, London, UK. He learned in Gateshead Yeshivah for many years under the direction of the Rosh Yeshivah, Rav Avrohom Gurwitz, and then moved to Israel where he has been studying in the Ponevezh Yeshivah and Kollel for over twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eminent scholar, he has developed a particular expertise in history, dating, mathematics, and other unique and intriguing subjects. He is the author of the acclaimed work Toras Yom VoLaylah (on the complex halachic definitions of day, twilight, and night, and their ramifications) and has published a fundamental study on ancient astronomy and its implications regarding the halachic dateline, as well as an analysis of the Murex trunculus as a possible source of the ancient blue dye, techeles. 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