A Universe Made for Two: Genesis Through the Lens of Chinese Cosmology and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Drawing from his book A Universe Made for Two (Mosaica Press), this talk invites cross-cultural exploration of Genesis as a relational, dynamic act of creation, viewed through the complementary wisdom of Jewish tradition and ancient Chinese cosmology, with a particular focus on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

While the book ranges widely across physics, philosophy, and theology, this session will highlight a more specific and evocative frame: how the Genesis creation narrative resonates with the Chinese understanding of yin and yang, qi, balance, and the generative cycles of nature. Rather than static creation ex nihilo, both traditions describe a universe brought into being through polarity, differentiation, rhythm, and relationship.
Key themes may include:

Creation as a process of balance and harmonization, not merely a single event

Parallels between biblical separations (light/dark, heaven/earth, male/female) and yin–yang dynamics

How TCM’s view of health as balance and flow mirrors Genesis’s moral and cosmic order

What these convergences suggest about human responsibility, embodiment, and ethical living

This Zoom program is designed for an intellectually curious audience interested in Torah, science, and cross-cultural wisdom. The goal is not synthesis or conversion, but deepened appreciation: seeing familiar sacred texts anew by placing them in conversation with another ancient, sophisticated worldview that also understands the universe as purposeful, relational, and alive.