A Bitter Ordeal: Evangelical Polemic and Jewish Thought in Reflections on Elective Abortion
About the Author
David Bumgardner is a minister, writer, and theologian based in North Texas. He is a 2022 alumnus of the Ardelle and Hardy Clemons Fellowship and a graduate of Texas Baptist College at Southwestern Seminary. His research interests include ecumenics, Trinitarian theology, the English Reformation, and political theology.
Abstract
This essay examines the often-overlooked Jewish perspectives on abortion and unborn life, arguing that the evangelical approach to the issue is incomplete without engaging the rich Jewish interpretive tradition from which Christianity inherited its Scriptures. The piece explores Numbers 5:11-31, rabbinical texts from the Mishnah and Talmud, and contemporary Jewish feminist contributions to the abortion debate.
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