Modern Jewish debate about euthanasia regularly pivots on
interpretations of the Talmudic story of Rabbi Chananya ben
Teryadon being burned alive by the Romans sometime in the second
century. Though many modern bioethicists say this fiery story
presents a clear and precise position on euthanasia, the narrative
itself is more complicated and ambiguous. The implications of this
disconnect between the story as it is and how bioethicists read it
are problematic for patients, the Jewish textual tradition, and for
modern bioethics as a whole. Applying fresh critical analysis to
this tale, Jonathan Crane traces the fascinating and challenging
story of narratives and norms in modern Jewish bioethics. The
result is an unprecedented examination of the impact of a classic
story in all its variants, and of narrative in general, on
contemporary bioethical discourse.
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