Fertility and Jewish Law : Feminist Perspectives on Orthodox Responsa Literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Irshai, Ronit
Other Authors: Linsider, Joel A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st. ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jewish law.
Abortion > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Conception > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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