Some scholars, mostly during the Age of Reason up to 1910, believed in a static, infinite, and timeless universe. My feeling is that this was influenced by a revival of Aristotelian philosophy in the sciences -- a philosophy conflicting to 'modern' scientific inquiry. Here, I argue that the view of a static universe was a fad and that the rejection of Aristotelian philosophy by Kabbalists paved the way for a modern cosmology that embraces a creation and its Creator. Moreover, the modern cosmology has been an endeavour that continues, and perhaps justifies, the Kabbalistic philosophy of the early Middle Ages in Europe.