Holy men and hunger artists fasting and asceticism in rabbinic culture
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004, 2004
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | viii, 228 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199849772 0199849773 |