We Shouldn't Wait for Heaven: How Head/Body Transplantation Causes Us to Reevaluate Halakhic Conceptions of Life and Death
In this article, the authors examine how the potential success of head/body transplantation raises questions as to how halakha - Jewish law and jurisprudence - might draw the line between determining whether a person is dead or alive. In presenting the primary Talmudic passages that refer to determi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of law and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 297-320 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Head
/ Transplantation
/ Halacha
/ Life
/ Death
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Death
B Transplantation B Jewish Law |
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