Fra bibelske til rabbinske opfattelser af askese

Jødedommens verdensbekræftende praksis

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ID6165630
AuthorsMarianne Schleicher (0000-0001-7387-2510, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Issue64
Pages71-95
Publication date2016-03-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0108-1993 • E-ISSN: 1904-8181
PublisherDet Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7146/rt.v0i64.23329
OpenAlexW2294766078
LanguageEN
References cited10

The purpose of this article is to supplement scholarly positions that define asceticism either as a matter of world renouncement and elitist self-exclusion from the world or as always oriented toward transcendent goals or practices of improvement because these positions run the risk of overlooking moderate kinds of asceticism. Israelite, early Jewish, and early Rabbinic Jewish religion are replete with examples of moderate asceticism where both men and women are encouraged to engage in abstinence and self-training in order – not to improve, but – to preserve a religious tradition. With Steven D. Fraade’s definition of asceticism as a departing point, the article examines abstinence and self-training in the Hebrew Bible, early Jewish and early Rabbinic literature. The author discerns three types of moderate asceticism: that of the priest, the layperson, and the hero/-ine. These three types complement each other in a shared effort to preserve divine blessings in this world and thereby the preservation of Israelite-Jewish tradition

Art · Asceticism · HERO · Judaism · Literature · Order (exchange · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies

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