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 ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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: | 1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1423757521 9781423757528 1280473754 9781280473753 9786610473755 6610473757 9780195137507 0195137507 |