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Preface to the 1998 Edition

xi

(2)

Note on Transliteration of Hebrew and Aramaic Terms

xiii

Part 1. Introductory

3

(18)

Chapter 1. The Structure of Jewish Law

3

(18)

The Talmud

Post-Talmudic Codes

Rashi and Tosafot

Maimonides' Code

The Thirteenth-Century Talmudists and Asheri's Code

The Tur Code

The Shulhan Arukh

The Later Authorities

The Extralegal Tributaries

The Responsa Literature

Part 2. The Positive Factors

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(88)

Chapter 2. Marriage--Independent of Procreation

21

(25)

Marriage in the Christian Tradition

Marriage in the Jewish Tradition

Companionship and Fulfillment

When the Purposes Clash

That the Marriage Be Sustained

Chapter 3. The Mitzvah of Procreation

46

(14)

Rabbinic Definition

Extralegal Considerations

The Role of the Woman

Non-Jews and the Commandment

Chapter 4. The Mitzvah of Marital Sex

60

(21)

Onah: The Wife's Conjugal Rights

The Marital Debt in Christian Writings

The Husband's Mitzvah

Nonprocreative Intercourse

The Quality of Onah

The Contraceptive Question

Why Not Abstinence?

Chapter 5. The Legitimacy of Sexual Pleasure

81

(28)

The Ascetic Ideal

"Conceived in Sin"

Pleasure as Motive

Wellbeing as a Motive

Sexual Pleasure and the Contraceptive Question

Part 3. The Negative Factors

109

(60)

Chapter 6. Improper Emission of Generative Seed

109

(23)

Sources: Bible and Talmud

Sources: The Mystic Tradition

Nature of the Offense: "Murder" or "Immorality"?

Hash-hatat Zera and the Woman

The Broader Definition

Chapter 7. Excursus: On "Female Seed"

132

(12)

Early Embryological Theories

The Meaning of "Tazria"

The Ovum

Chapter 8. The Act of "Er and Onan"

144

(25)

Onan in the Church

Onan in the Jewish Tradition

Coitus Interruptus

Unnatural Intercourse

The Factor of Intent

Part 4. The Classic Talmudic Passage

169

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Chapter 9. A Device Called Mokh

169

(7)

The Baraita of the "Three Women"

Mokh in the Talmud

Chapter 10. The "Three Women" of the Baraita

176

(18)

The Child Bride

The Pregnant Wife

The Nursing Mother

Chapter 11. The Drama of the Literature

194

(33)

The Debate Surrounding the Baraita

The Earlier Authorities (Rishonim); The Mitzvah of Avoiding Hazard

Maimonides' Significant Omission

The Permissive School: Asheri and Luria

The Nonpermissivists: Eger, Sofer, and Ettlinger

The Aftermath

Chapter 12. Variations of the Mokh Principle

227

(8)

The Pessary or Diaphragm

The Condom

Spermicides

The Douche

Which is Better?

The IUCD's

Chapter 13. An Oral Contraceptive

235

(16)

The "Cup of Roots"; Sterilization

Legal Implications of the "Cup"

The Pill

The "Safe Period"

Part 5. Abortion

251

(46)

Chapter 14. The Foetus and Foeticide

251

(17)

Contraception and Abortion

The Status of the Embryo

Is Foeticide Homicide?

The Septuagint and the "Sons of Noah"

Evidence from Sabbath Laws

Chapter 15. Warrant for Abortion

268

(29)

The Catholic Doctrine

Theories of Ensoulment in Judaism

The Foetus as Aggressor: Therapeutic Abortion

Abortion Other Than Therapeutic

Part 6. Postscript

297

(28)

Chapter 16. The Jewish View of Birth Control

297

(28)

Bibliography of Hebrew and General Sources

305

(10)

Index, with Glossary

315

(10)

Epilogue

325

Chapter 17. Continuing Challenge and Response

325

(15)

Chapter 18. Continuing Challenge and Response: The Abortion Question

340

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