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
Edition1st. ed.
Publication InfoWaltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press,
Description1 online resource (xiii, 358 p.)
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SeriesHBI 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-341 and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Fertility and Jewish law Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012. 9781611682397 (cloth : alk. paper)
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