J. David Bleich, ‘Judaism and Healing: Halakhic Perspectives’

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 36:2. David Bleich, Judaism and Healing: Halakhic Perspectives, Ktav, New York, 1981 xiii, 199 pp. $15.00. There is a good deal of discussion nowadays, especially in the United States, of what is known as bio-ethics, the consideration of the kind of ethical questions posed by new advances in medical knowledge…