Irshai, Ronit.
Fertility and Jewish law feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / [electronic resource] : Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012. - xiii, 358 p. - HBI series on Jewish women . - HBI series on Jewish women. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Conception--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Jewish law.
Electronic books.
BM538.C68 / I78 2012eb
296.3/662
Fertility and Jewish law feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / [electronic resource] : Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012. - xiii, 358 p. - HBI series on Jewish women . - HBI series on Jewish women. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Conception--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Jewish law.
Electronic books.
BM538.C68 / I78 2012eb
296.3/662