DNA in Halakhah

J. David Bleich

ISBN 10: 1602804435 / ISBN 13: 9781602804432

Published by KTAV Publishing House, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DNA in Halakhah
• Publisher: KTAV Publishing House
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602804435
• ISBN 13: 9781602804432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Judaism and Jewish law are eternal and immutable. But the world changes and presents novel challenges. Modern science and developing technology create facts on the ground that raise relevant contemporary questions of which Halakhah must take cognizance.

Fingerprint examination, blood typing and DNA matching were all unknown until recent decades. Jewish law posits strict laws of evidence and generally excludes circumstantial evidence for most purposes. Rabbi Bleich\x27s comprehensive work explores the nature of DNA evidence in establishing paternity, the relief of agunot, mamzerut, inheritance, identity as a Jew and as a kohen, the so-called “Jewish” gene and the kohen gene.

About the Author

RABBI DR. J. DAVID BLEICH is a Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel le-Hora'ah at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University. He has served as visiting Gruss Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Rabbi Bleich, a distinguished scholar, prolific writer, bioethicist and one of today's most respected halakhists is widely known as the author of the acclaimed seven-volume series, Contemporary Halakhic Problems, and many other works.