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 |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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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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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Death
B Transplantation B Jewish Law |
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| Summary: | 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 determination of life and death, and their discussion among halakhists and halakhic decisors, the authors show how the halakha might determine the demarcation between life and death as it applies to head/body transplants or potentially other innovations in medical technology. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2020.21 |