@Book{182066046X, author="Marienberg, Evyatar", title="Traditional Jewish sex guidance: a history", series="Brill's series in Jewish studies volume 74", year="2022", publisher="Brill", address="Leiden", keywords="Criticism, interpretation, etc; Sex in rabbinical literature; History; Sex in the Bible; Sex; Religious aspects; Judaism; Rabbinical literature; History and criticism; Bible. Old Testament", abstract="``When literate Jews (until recent decades, almost exclusively men) wanted to learn from traditional Jewish sources how to behave in their conjugal bed, what did they find? Did the guidance differ between generations, places, or cultural contexts? How did thinkers in a tradition based on supposedly binding texts deal with changing sensibilities, needs, and realities in this intimate domain? This study explores sources from the Bible to contemporary publications, showing both stability and change in what Jews were instructed to do, or to avoid doing, when having sex with their spouse''--", note="by Evyatar Marienberg", note="Includes bibliographical references and index", isbn="9789004519008", doi="10.1163/9789004519008", url="https://brill.com/view/title/60444", url="https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004519008", language="English" }