Holy men and hunger artists
Holy men and hunger artists
About this book
The existence of ascetic elements within rabbinic Judaism has generally been either overlooked or actually denied. Diamond shows that rabbinic asceticism does indeed exist. This asceticism is mainly secondary, rather than primary, in that the rabbis place no value on self-denial in and of itself.
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- OL8003838W
Subjects
Asceticism in rabbinical literatureFastingHistory and criticismJudaismRabbinical literatureReligious aspects of FastingVastenRabbijnse literatuurRabbinsk judendomAscetismeAsceticismRabbinical literature, history and criticismFasting, religious aspects, judaismReligious aspects