Organ donation and the divine lien in Talmudic law

This book offers a new theory of property and distributive justice derived from Talmudic law, illustrated by a case study involving the sale of organs for transplant. Although organ donation did not exist in late antiquity, this book posits a new way, drawn from the Talmud, to conceive of this moder...

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Subtitles:Organ Donation & the Divine Lien in Talmudic Law
Main Author: Kochen, Madeline (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014.
In:Year: 2014
Further subjects:B Donation of organs, tissues, etc. (Jewish law)
B Human body in rabbinical literature
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780521493383