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
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xiii, 358 p.
Series
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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
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Conception -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Jewish law.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Linsider, Joel A.
Added Corporate Author
:
ProQuest (Firm)
Electronic Access
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| Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
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| BM538 .C68 I78 2012 | 1004874-1001 | Ebook Central | Ebook Central | |