Holy men and hunger artists

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.

שנה

2003

שפה

English

הוצאה

Oxford University Press, USA

מהדורות

4

עמודים

240

ISBN

9780195137507

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata