Fertility and Jewish law [electronic resource] : feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider.
Irshai, Ronit.; Linsider, Joel A.
2012
BM538.C68 I78 2012eb
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Title Fertility and Jewish law [electronic resource] : feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider.
Author Irshai, Ronit.
ISBN 9781611682397 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611682403 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781611682410 (e-book)
Publication Details Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012.
Language English
Description xiii, 358 p.
Call Number BM538.C68 I78 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 296.3/662
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Linsider, Joel A.
Series HBI series on Jewish women.
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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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