Eliezer Diamond
Holy men and hunger artists
Eliezer Diamond · 2003
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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.
Book details
- Year
- 2003
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780195137507
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