Shameful ambivalences: dimensions of rabbinic shame
According to a ninth-century midrash, God asks the wicked of the world why they did not come closer to God. Each person responds, “I was so steeped in my wickedness that I was ashamed.” Too ashamed, it seems, to muster sufficient courage to admit failures, change behaviors, and move closer—ritually...
| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2011]
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AJS review
Year: 2011, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shame
/ Ambivalence
/ Rabbinic Judaism
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Ambivalence
B Genitalia B Morality B Infinity B Shame B Judaism B Physical trauma B Rabbis B Talmud B Divinity |
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