Fertility and Jewish law feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature
by
 
Irshai, Ronit.

Title
Fertility and Jewish law feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature

Author
Irshai, Ronit.

Personal Author
Irshai, Ronit.

Publication Information
Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012.

Physical Description
xiii, 358 p.

Series
HBI series on Jewish women
 
HBI series on Jewish women.

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.

Subject Term
Conception -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
 
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
 
Jewish law.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Linsider, Joel A.

Added Corporate Author
ProQuest (Firm)

Electronic Access
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