THE

TORAH
U-MADDA
JOURNAL
AN ANNUAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN JUDAISM AND GENERAL CULTURE

EDITOR: DAVID SHATZ

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: JOEL B. WOLOWELSKY
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: MEIRA MINTZ

FOUNDING EDITOR: JACOB J. SCHACTER, 1989–1999

VOLU M E F I F TE E N • 20 0 8 – 0 9
The Torah u-Madda Journal
An annual devoted to the interaction between
Torah and general culture.

Copyright © 2009 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary,

an affiliate of Yeshiva University.

David Shatz, Editor

Joel B. Wolowelsky, Associate Editor
Meira Mintz, Editorial Assistant
Jacob J. Schacter, Founding Editor

A publication of
The Torah u-Madda Project
Max Stern Division of Communal Services
Center for the Jewish Future
Yeshiva University
500 West 185th Street
New York, NY 10033

The Torah u-Madda Project gratefully acknowledges the support

of the Joseph J. and Bertha K. Green Memorial Fund at the Rabbi Isaac
Elchanan Theological Seminary.

Manuscripts should be sent to:

Dr. David Shatz
Editor, The Torah u-Madda Journal
Stern College for Women
Yeshiva University
245 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Before sending your submission, please consult “Instructions for
Contributors” on p. v of this volume.

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 CONTENTS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS V

ARTICLES
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Letters on Public Affairs 1
Gerald J. Blidstein
In the Shadow of the Emperor: The H.atam Sofer’s
Copyright Rulings 24
David Nimmer
Consequentialism, Deontologism, and the Case of
Sheva ben Bikhri 68
Michael J. Harris
Unnatural Time: Its History and Theological Significance 95
Allen Friedman
Rabbi Reuven Landau and the Jewish Reaction to
Copernican Thought in Nineteenth Century Europe 112
Jeremy Brown
Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog’s Attitude to Evolution and
His Correspondence with Immanuel Velikovsky 143
Raphael Shuchat
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Friedrich von Schiller 172
Marc Shapiro
Rav Kook and Dr. Revel: A Shared Vision for a Central
Universal Yeshiva? 188
Natan Ophir

IN TRIBUTE
The Writings of Rabbi Norman Lamm: A Bibliographical Essay 209
David Shatz

DISCUSSION
The Rav on Religion and Public Life: A Rejoinder 237
Yoel Finkelman
A Response to Yoel Finkelman 253
Meir Y. Soloveichik
REVIEW ESSAY
Fascination Unabated: The Intellectual Love of Maimonides
(Jay Harris [ed.], Maimonides After Eight Hundred Years) 257
Daniel Rynhold

GUIDE TO TRANSLITERATION STYLE 284

FORMAT OF REFERENCES 286
 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS

The Torah u-Madda Journal publishes manuscripts that either

(1) address the question of Judaism’s relationship to general
culture, whether in the broad sense or in the context of a specific
discipline or field; or (2) exemplify the integration of Jewish and
general knowledge in the treatment of a specific topic. The journal
appears annually.

Manuscripts should be submitted in duplicate hard copy, typed
on 81/2” x 11” paper with ample margins on all sides. All material
should be double spaced, including notes and block quotations.
Notes should appear at the end of the manuscript, beginning on a
new page, rather than as footnotes on the bottoms of the pages.
Use the automatic note numbering feature of your word processing
program when you compose the endnotes, so that notes can easily
be renumbered if necessary. After a manuscript is accepted, the
author will be expected to supply a Word file.

The author’s name should not be disclosed on the manuscript,
as the journal’s policy is to withhold this information from refer-
ees. The following information should be included on a separate
cover sheet: author’s name, professional affiliation, mailing
address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address.

A guide to our transliteration style and reference format appears
at th end of this volume.

Manuscripts and letters intended for publication should be
sent to: Dr. David Shatz, Editor, The Torah u-Madda Journal,
Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 245 Lexington
Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Correspondence other than sub-
missions may be sent to the editor at shatz@yu.edu.