Daniel Schiff

Abortion in Judaism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique Jewish legal history of abortion from earliest biblical references to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780521521666
• ISBN-10: 0521521661
• Artikelnr.: 21119110

Autorenporträt

Daniel Schiff is the Jewish Education Institute Community Scholar in Pittsburgh, and Rabbi of B'nai Israel in White Oak, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The conundrum takes shape: foundational verses
2. Evaluating life: Rabbinic perspectives on fetal standing
3. Divining a prohibition: the positions of the Rishonim and Acharonim
4. No clear consensus: the sages of a rising modernity
5. The struggle returns: Jewish positions begin to take form
6. Confronting a new reality: legislation for a Jewish state
7. A Halakhic challenge: discerning Jewish abortion principles
Bibliography
Index.