Juvenile Sexuality, Kabbalah, and Catholic Reformation in Italy: Tiferet Bahurimby Pinhas Barukh ben Pelatiyah Monselice »

Roni Weinstein received his Ph.D. in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was formerly a fellow at Villa I Tatti, and a research fellow at Pisa University. He has written about various aspects of Jewish Italian history and culture, including his book, Marriage Rituals Italian Style: A Historical Anthropological Perspective on Early Modern Italian Jews, (Brill, 2003).

This detailed introduction to the text Tiferet Bachurim (The Glory of Youth), written in the mid-seventeenth century in Ferrara, Italy, discusses the profound changes in Jewish Italian communities regarding sexuality, control of the juvenile body, and the role of Kabbalah in The Jewish Counter Reformation.

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 Chapter Twelve Tiferet Bahurim as a Pietistic Work: Dealing with Death Chapter Thirteen Tiferet Bahurim: A Work on Household Management Chapter Fourteen Tiferet Bahurim: A Link in the Civilizing Process Chapter Fifteen The Preaching Section of Tiferet Bahurim Chapter Sixteen A Testament to the Children Chapter Seventeen Tiferet Bahurim: Summing Up The Text of Tiferet Bahurim