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Mind, body, and Judaism : the interaction of Jewish law with psychology and biology / edited by David Shatz and Joel B. Wolowelsky.
LIBRA BM538.S3 M57 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism and science.
- Mental health--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Mental health.
- Medicine--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Medicine.
- Human cloning--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human cloning.
- Medical ethics.
- Jewish ethics.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Judaism.
- Religion and Medicine.
- Religion and Psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethical Issues.
- Judaism.
- Religion and Medicine.
- Religion and Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 257 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Michael Sharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press ; Jersey City, N.J. : Distributed by KTAV Pub. House, [2004]
- Contents:
- Torah and Science
- Where Do Torah and Science Clash? / Adin Steinsaltz 3
- Torah and Science: Constructs and Methodology / Moshe D. Tendler 17
- Halakhah and Scientific Method / Yaakov Neuberger 34
- Darwin and Derash: The Interplay of Torah and Biology / Carl Feit 43
- Judaism and Mental Health Forum: A Fictional Case with Commentaries
- Case Study: Diagnosis and Treatment of a Psychotic Depressive / Jay F. Shachter 57
- Ritual, Literalism and Diagnosis: Thoughts Provoked by a Provocative Essay / Tzvi Hersh Weinreb 67
- Religion and Mental Health: A Theoretical and Clinical Perspective / Yitzchak Schechter 71
- "A Garland for Ashes": Regarding the Diagnosis of Religious Rituality in "Diagnosis and Treatment of a Psychotic Depressive" / Moshe Halevi Spero 80
- The Human Factor: A Plea for Second Opinions / Shalom Carmy 99
- Judaism, Genetic Engineering and the Cloning of Humans
- Scientific Advance and the Jewish Moral Conscience / Yitzchok Adlerstein 116
- Creativity and Catharsis: A Theological Framework for Evaluating Cloning / Kenneth Waxman 121
- Cloning and Its Challenges / Julian (Yoel) Jakobovits 129
- Human Cloning: Scientific, Moral and Jewish Perspectives / Avraham Steinberg 134
- Cloning and the Noahide Legal Code / Michael J. Broyde 143
- The Case for Genetic Engineering / Fred Rosner 148
- Cloning as a Remedy for Reproductive Failure / Richard V. Grazi 153
- The Case Against Cloning / Eitan Fiorino 158
- Human and Molecular Cloning: Ethical Dilemmas in a Brave New World / Feige Kaplan 164
- Is a Human Clone a Golem? / John D. Loike 176
- A Matter of Time: The Moral Status of Cloning / Yigal Shafran 187
- Jewish and Biological Death
- The Halakhic Definition of Death in Light of Medical History / Edward Reichman 190.
- Notes:
- Essays from the first ten volumes of Yeshiva University's Torah u-madda journal.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0881257923
- OCLC:
- 51216319
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