Sensuous, bold and topical - this volume with its varied illustrations studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely-held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. -Sacred Sex-, -Control and Desire-, -Power and Fantasy-, -Ritual and Sensuousness- - the seminal volume takes up central aspects of the topic and provides a comprehensive insight: in explanations of Rabbinic regulations and in the history of sexuality in Judaism; in the way ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; in sexuality in films and art; and in the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. An interdisciplinary overview which informs in a transparent manner and offers surprises.
