02247nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10561097 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120224s2012 mau sb 001 0 eng d 2012007839 9781611682397 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781611682403 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781611682410 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)794929951 eng heb BM538.C68 I78 2012eb 296.3/662 23 Irshai, Ronit. Fertility and Jewish law [electronic resource] : feminist perspectives on orthodox responsa literature / Ronit Irshai ; translated by Joel A. Linsider. Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012. xiii, 358 p. 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. local Linsider, Joel A. ebrary, Inc. HBI series on Jewish women. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10561097 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 192966 192966