Delivering Knowledge : Jewish Midwives and Hidden Healing in Early Modern Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Jordan R.

Series:

Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwives.

Childbirth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2026.

Summary:

This book offers a new perspective on the history of early modern Jewish communities by centering the experiences of Jewish midwives.In the wake of the Thirty Years' War, as cities and towns across northern and central Europe placed new emphasis on the regulation of healthcare and childbirth, Jewish midwives stood at the crossroads of tremendous.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Midwives, Jewish Communities, and Early Modern Medical Bureaucracies

2. Jewish Childbirth and Its Stakeholders

3. Recording Birth: Delivery Registers, Female Scribes, and the Emergence of Vital Records

4. Midwives, Illegitimate Pregnancies, and Paternity Suits

5. Patronage and Practice in Sefer ha-noshim: A Midwife's Yiddish Book

6. Midwives, Rabbis, and Medical-Halakhic Expertise

Conclusion

Appendix I: Chapter titles in Samuel Janson, Korte en bondige verhandeling van de voort-teeling en 't kinderbaren, corresponding with chapter titles in Sefer ha-noshim

Appendix II: Recipes in Sefer ha-noshim, copied from Samuel Janson, Korte en bondige verhandeling van de voort-teeling en 't kinderbaren

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Series Page

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5036-4640-8

9781503646407

OCLC:

1581937289