Fertility and Jewish law feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider.
| Author/creator | Irshai, Ronit |
| Other author | Linsider, Joel A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st. ed. |
| Publication Info | Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 358 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-341 and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fertility and Jewish law Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012. 9781611682397 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021695117 |
| ISBN | 9781611682410 ebook |
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