Norbert Samuelson

Dr. Samuelson is the Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in the Department of Religious Studies. He is the founder and secretary of the Academy of Jewish Philosophy.  Dr. Samuelson's scholarship focuses on Jewish philosophy and theology. He has written extensively on both medieval and modern Jewish philosophy. In the field of religion and science he has authored two major philosophical- theological works that wrestle with the problem of creation: The First Seven Days: A Philosophical Commentary on the Creation of Genesis (1992) and Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation (1994). Professor Samuelson has been active in the American Academy of Religion, the Association of Jewish Studies, the American Theological Society, and the American Philosophical Association. In these organizations he has articulated a distinctly Jewish way of doing philosophy and demonstrated how to think creatively and precisely about the interface of reason and faith.

	Science and the Three Monotheisims: A New Partnership?
	Interpreting Evolution