Jewish Bioethics Rabbinic Law and Theology in Their Social and Historical Contexts |
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| Author:
| Barilan, Yechiel Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-17589-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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This book presents the discourse in Jewish law and rabbinic literature on bioethical issues, highlighting practical problems in their socio-historical contexts. In this work, Yechiel Michael Barilan discusses end-of-life care, abortion, infertility treatments, the brain-death debate, and the organ market.
This book presents the discourse in Jewish law and rabbinic literature on bioethical issues, highlighting practical problems in their socio-historical contexts. In this work, Yechiel Michael Barilan discusses end-of-life care, abortion, infertility treatments, the brain-death debate, and the organ market.