Human fertilisation and embryology - a Jewish view : submissions to the Warnock Committee of Inquiry and the Department of Health and Social Security / by Sir Immanuel Jakobovits.
Immanuel Jakobovits Lord, 1921-1999
BookA comprehensive comparative study of Jewish law on contemporary reproductive issues from a gender perspective
Title |
Fertility and Jewish law [electronic resource] : feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / Ronit Irshai translated by Joel A. Linsider. |
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Edition |
1st. ed. |
Publisher |
Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press |
Creation Date |
c2012 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
Introduction: epistemology, jurisprudence, and halakhah: a feminist critique -- Pt. I. Sex without procreation -- Chapt. 1. "Be fruitful and multiply" -- Chapt. 2. Birth control and family planning -- Chapt. 3. Halakhic rulings on abortion: a historical survey from the rabbinic to the modern period -- Chapt. 4. Abortion in contemporary halakhic rulings -- Pt. II. Procreation without sex -- Chapt. 5. Artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, and surrogacy in liberal and radical feminist approaches -- Chapt. 6. Artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, and surrogacy: halakhic analysis -- Afterword: the gender project in the philosophy of halakhah as an exercise in criticism. |
Series |
HBI series on Jewish women |
Extent |
1 online resource (375 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010707004205171 |
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