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Juvenile sexuality, Kabbalah, and Catholic reformation in Italy : Tiferet bahurim by Pinhas Barukh ben Pelatiyah Monselice / by Roni Weinstein ; translated by Batya Stein.

יגל, פינחס ברוך בן פלטיה. By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Hebrew Original language: Hebrew Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 21.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 450 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004181205
  • 9004181202
Contained works:
  • Monselice, Pinchas. Tifʼeret baḥurim
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Juvenile sexuality, Kabbalah, and Catholic reformation in Italy.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/66 22
LOC classification:
  • BM720.S4 M6639 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)351028

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-427) and index.

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.

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

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