In his book "A Chicken, a Golem, and the Scientific Revolution," Maoz Kahana explores the conflict between Jewish tradition and the discoveries of the scientific revolution in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The article discusses the shift in scientific thinking from ancient times to modernity, focusing on the views of Francis Bacon.

Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg encountered the Angel of Death at the German border in the 1770s, warning him that spreading Hasidism in Western Europe would lead all Jews there to become Hasidim.