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Asceticism in Judaism
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Asceticism in Judaism
Asceticism
is a term derived from the
Greek
verb ἀσκέω, meaning "to practise strenuously," "to exercise." Athletes were therefore said to go through
ascetic
training, and to be ascetics.
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