Irshai, Ronit. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611682410 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conception--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Abortion--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Jewish law.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM538.C68  / I78 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.3/662