Birth control in Jewish law, marital relations, contraception, and abortion as set forth in the classic texts of Jewish law / by David M. Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, David M. (David Michael), 1929-

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Sex.

Birth control (Jewish law).

Abortion (Jewish law).

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press ; London : University of London Press Limited, [1968]

Contents:

Part 1. Introductory. The structure of Jewish law

Part 2. The Positive Factors. Marriage-independent of procreation; The Mitzvah of procreation; The Mitzvah of marital sex; The legitimacy of sexual pleasure

Part 3. The Negative Factors. Improper emission of generative seed; Excursus: on "Female seed"; The act of "Er and Onan"

Part 4. The Classic Talmudic Passage. A device called Mokh; The "Three Women" of the Baraita; The drama of the literature; Variations of the Mokh principle; An oral contraceptive

Part 5. Abortion. The foetus and foeticide; Warrant for abortion

Part 6. Poscript. The Jewish view of birth control.

Notes:

"An examination of the relevant precepts of the Talmud, Codes, Commentaries, and, especially, rabbinic Responsa through the present day, with comparative reference to the Christian exegetical tradition."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-314) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok Feb. 1970 Philadelphia".

OCLC:

406984