Juvenile sexuality, Kabbalah, and Catholic reformation in Italy : Tiferet bahurim by Pinhas Barukh ben Pelatiyah Monselice / by Roni Weinstein ; translated by Batya Stein
Preface; Chapter One Tiferet Bahurim: A Reading Proposal; Chapter Two Tiferet Bahurim: Structure and Themes; Chapter Three Musar Literature: A Proposal for a Historical Reading; Chapter Four The Originality of the Work; Chapter Five A Book of Advice and Sexual Morality; Chapter Six Continuity and Innovation in Tiferet Bahurim; Chapter Seven Suppressed Voices; Chapter Eight Tiferet Bahurim: Circles of Action; Chapter Nine Between Publication and Concealment; Chapter Ten The Catholic Circle between Counter-Reformation and "Christian Civilization"; Chapter Eleven Halakhah vs. Kabbalah
Summary
This book provides the first publication of the tract "Tiferet Bahurim (The Glory of Youth)" which was written in the mid-seventeenth century by R. Pinhas Barukh ben Pelatiyah Monselic in Ferrara, Italy. The tract was written as a guide for young men about to marry regarding their family life and their sexual deportment. By analyzing the "Tiferet Bahurim" Roni Weinstein addresses the following questions: What was the source of the growing interest in sexuality, and controlling juvenile sexuality? How is this tract related to centuries-old Jewish ethical literature, as well
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-427) and index
