Organ donation and the divine lien in Talmudic law :

Kochen, Madeline, 1957-

Organ donation and the divine lien in Talmudic law : a pound of flesh / Madeline Kochen, J.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Law School. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond gift and commodity: rethinking the compartmentalization approach to the problem of commodification -- Alternate property conceptions : the donor's lien -- "From the table of the most high" : divine ownership and private property in Talmudic law -- "And your brother shall live with you" : the divine lien and the obligation to save human life -- Returning a "lost body" with one's body : human organ transplantation and the (re)consecration of the body.

9781107731721 (electronic bk.) 1107731720 (electronic bk.)


Donation of organs, tissues, etc. (Jewish law)
Human body in rabbinical literature.
RELIGION / Judaism / General


Electronic books.

KBM3116 / .K63 2013eb

296.1/88362197954