Juvenile sexuality, Kabbalah, and catholic reformation in Italy: Tiferet Bahurim by Pinhas Barukh ben Pelatiyah Monselice

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 as literature in contemporary Catholic Italy? Is the Tiferet Bahurim part of the religious and cultural fermentation of the Counter-Reformation? Finally, did Jewish mysticism and pietism of Kabbalah tradition play a role in the composition of this tract?

• ISBN: 978-90-04-16757-5
• Editorial: Brill
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 452
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido