Organ donation and the divine lien in Talmudic law : a pound of flesh - Kochen, Madeline, 1957- (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Donation of organs, tissues, etc. (Jewish law); Human body in rabbinical literature; RELIGION / Judaism / General; Electronic books