Jews and genes :  the genetic future in contemporary Jewish thought / 
edited and with an introduction by Elliot N. Dorff and Laurie Zoloth ; foreword by Mark S. Frankel. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Of the science of stem cell research / Elliot N. Dorff and Laurie Zoloth -- Applying Jewish law to stem cell research / Elliot N. Dorff -- Divine representations and the value of embryos : god's image, god's name, and the status of human nonpersons / Noam J. Zohar -- "Like water" : using Genesis to formulate an alternative Jewish position on the beginning of life / Yosef Leibowitz -- Reasonable magic : stem cell research and forbidden knowledge / Laurie Zoloth -- Summary of the science of genetic mapping and identity / Elliot N. Dorff and Laurie Zoloth -- Folk taxonomy, prejudice, and the human genome / Judith S. Neulander -- What is a Jew? The meaning of genetic disease for Jewish identity / Rebecca Alpert -- Yearning for the long-lost home : the lemba and the Jewish narrative of genetic return / Laurie Zoloth -- Summary of the science of genetic testing / Elliot N. Dorff and Laurie Zoloth -- Genetic testing in the Jewish community / Paul Root Wolpe -- Jewish genetic decision making and an ethic of care / Toby l. Schonfeld -- Summary of the science of genetic intervention / Elliot N. Dorff and Laurie Zoloth -- Some Jewish thoughts on genetic enhancement / Shimon Glick -- Curing disease and enhancing traits : a philosophical (and Jewish) perspective / Ronald M. Green -- Genetic enhancement and the image of god / Aaron l. Mackler -- "Blessed is the one who is good and who brings forth goodness" : a Jewish theological response to the ethical challenges of new genetic technologies / Louis E. Newman -- Jewish reflections on genetic enhancement / Jeffrey H. Burack -- Mending the code / Robert Gibbs -- Religious traditions in a postreligious world : does halakhah have insights for nonbelievers? / John Lantos -- How the unconscious shapes modern genomic science / Robert pollack -- To fix the world : Jewish convictions affecting social issues / Elliot N. Dorff. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780827611948 0827611943 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1d98md1  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General<br/>MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine<br/>MEDICAL / Diseases<br/>MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine<br/>MEDICAL / Internal Medicine<br/>Religion and Medicine.<br/>Judaism.<br/>Biomedical Research--ethics.<br/>Jews--genetics.<br/>Genetic Phenomena.<br/>Genetics--Religious aspects--Jewish.<br/>RELIGION / Ethics
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RB155.5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616/.042089924 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QU 500