Was Sir Isaac Newton a Jew?

Answer 1

Between 1290 and 1657 Jews were completely banned from England. Newton was born, the son of a prosperous farmer in Lincolnshire in 1642. The idea of a secret Jew in a rural area of England in Newton's time just doesn't make sense at all.Until recently it was believed that there were no Jews in England between 1290 and 1656 but as revealed by the distinguished historian, Cecil Roth, in the History of the Jews in England, Portuguese secret Jews masquerading sometimes as Catholics, other times as Protestants (Marranos) settled in England during the reigns of King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Answer 2

Yes, he was Christian but he didn't conform to the church. He spent over 30 years studying The Bible, starting with learning ancient Hebrew and Aramaic so he didn't have to rely on the translations of others. He was particularly interested in the apocalypse and believed Jesus would begin it by returning some time in the 1990s.

Answer 3

The Jehovah's Witnesses was begun by Charles Taze Russell in 1872.

Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) So Sir. Newton preceded the founding of the religious organization by 100 years so ,"No" I know that their was no way he had a background or affiliation with this religious organization .

Definitely, Sir Isaac newton is not affiliated with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Since the modern day movement only begun in late 19th century. But if you look into Newton's religious beliefs, e.g. his anti-Trinitarian stand or his millenialism, he could well be a Jehovah's Witness in that sense.

Having just read a thick biography of Isaac Newton, and seen the DVD available from Netflix on his life, I find it amazing that Isaac Newton, arguably the smartest man who ever lived on this planet (that we have documentation on), and who wrote over a million words BY HAND on his very favorite subject, Theology, believed almost exactly as Jehovah's Witnesses do, today.

The details are a little different, as he calculated the end of times in 2060, perhaps as early as 2034, which now is very close, and in researching the Trinity's development in many pagan religions, proved to his satisfaction the concept was completely false ... from the references available in his day.

This was in a time where he worked at Trinity College in Cambridge England, and had accumulated reference material available to him from across the centuries. Sort of like working on "Google Island".

Newton was a truly celibate, truly righteously inclined man of very high moral character, by the standards of ANY time, usually studied 18 hours a day and his meticulous attention to detail allowed him with stunning insight to wrestle the secrets of the Universe from the data he assembled in both the field of science, AND theology.

Anyone would well serve themselves by getting a biography of Newton, or several, and study as a project the life of this amazing man.

I strongly suspect to the point of definitive certainty that the core philosophy, morals, and theological knowledge discerned by Isaac Newton are exactly the same as shared by Jehovah's Witnesses today, and having studied them for many years also, am truly amazed by both.

Answer 4

Sir Isaac Newton considered himself a Christian, but his ideas were very different from the Anglican church that he was raised in. He had many of his own ideas as to what Christianity should be. For instance, he did not believe in the Holy Trinity, which would have been illegal to have actually say during that time.

Answer 5

His rejecting trinity, glorification of god vastly more than Christians do, firm belief that the true Jesus church was highjacked by a Babylon-like state, that god always brought & would bring back the one & same old religion, & that all that could be found in "All the Prophets" is the same as Islam's argument. Newton claimed all his scientific research was to clarify the way to god. But he knew such views would be too serious to declare. He was very careful to avoid excommunication which will ruin all his efforts. Notably, he admitted the prophet of Islam was a true one but to the Arabs. That was as far as any Muslim scientist could go in that environment. He wasn't a prophet, though even prophets didn't instruct more than: (worship the one & only true god & in his name, do good.) So Newton appears Muslim in every way except frank declaration.

Answer 6

No, Sir Isaac Newton was not Jewish. He was born into an Anglican family and was a devout Christian. Newton made significant contributions to the fields of physics and mathematics, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics and formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation.

Answer 7

Sir Isaac Newton?

English mathematician and scientist?

President of the Royal Society?

No.