Title: Holy men and hunger artists
Description: 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.
Subjects: Asceticism in rabbinical literature, Fasting, History and criticism, Judaism, Rabbinical literature, Religious aspects of Fasting, Vasten, Rabbijnse literatuur, Rabbinsk judendom, Ascetisme, Asceticism, Rabbinical literature, history and criticism, Fasting, religious aspects, judaism, Religious aspects