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Author Irshai, Ronit.

Title Fertility and Jewish law : feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider.

Publication Info. Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series HBI series on Jewish women
HBI series on Jewish women.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary A comprehensive comparative study of Jewish law on contemporary reproductive issues from a gender perspective.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2020. MiAaHDL
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Subject Conception -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Conception -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Jewish law.
Jewish law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Academic theses.
Academic theses.
Added Author Linsider, Joel A.
Other Form: Print version: Irshai, Ronit. Fertility and Jewish law. 1st. ed. Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, ©2012 9781611682397 (DLC) 2012007839 (OCoLC)760976102
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