Religions and Education in Antiquity (Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions, 160)

"Religions and Education in Antiquity gathers ten essays on teaching and learning in the contexts of ancient Western religions, including Judaism, early Christianity and Gnostic Christian traditions. Beginning with an overview of religious education in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds, editor Alex Damm and the contributors together demonstrate the mutual influence of religion and education on each other; the relevance of educational traditions in addressing (for instance) historical or exegetical issues; and the thoroughgoing importance of education to religious life across time and space in antiquity. Highly useful to scholars of religion, theology, classics and education, this volume affords a state of the art study on pedagogy and learning in ancient religious contexts"-- Résumé de l'éditeur Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Religions and Education in Antiquity: An Introduction Alex Damm Religion and Education in Antiquity Ancient Judaism and Education Christian Origins and Education Late Ancient Christianity New Contributions Wisdom from the Wise: Pedagogical Principles from Proverbs John L. McLaughlin Instructions (Proverbs 1-7) Proverbs Figures Riddles Summary Education in the Sacrospace of Qumran Judaism Wayne O. McCready Place Studies and Qumran Materiality, Meaning and Practice Education in the Sacrospace of Qumran Judaism Late Second Temple Judaism: A Reconstruction and Re-description as a Religio-Cultural System Jack N. Lightstone Introduction Religions as part of Cultural Systems and the Reconstruction of Late Second Temple Judaism Methodological and Theoretical Frames Imagining Late Second Temple, Jerusalemite Judaism as a Cultural System Summary Techne in Plato and the New Testament Joseph A. Novak Usage of the Term Techne Techne, Rules, and Moral Behaviour in Plato Techne and the New Testament The Absence of Techne in the New Testament The Presence of Techne (Ars Sancta) in Early Christian Monasticism Summary Why Not to Pity Rome: Revelation 18:22-23a in its Ancient Educational Context Alex Damm Greco-Roman (Rhetorical) Education Jewish Education Summary Those Who Hear: The Power of Learners in 1 Timothy Mona Tokarek LaFosse Translation Matters: The Coptic Translation of Thomas John Horman Problem Translations into Coptic Summary Pedagogy, Text and the Solitary Self in the Gospel of Thomas William Arnal Thomas and Solitude Making Social Sense of Solitary Rhetoric Bureaucratization and Literacy Urbanization Analogies and Conclusions Praises and Rebukes in the Gnostic Revelation Dialogues Michael Kaler Praises and Rebukes in the Revelation Dialogues The Pedagogy of Praise and Rebuke Ideals as Reflections of Authors and Readers Summary Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Names and Subjects "Religions and Education in Antiquity gathers ten essays on teaching and learning in the contexts of ancient Western religions, including Judaism, early Christianity and Gnostic Christian traditions. Beginning with an overview of religious education in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds, editor Alex Damm and the contributors together demonstrate the mutual influence of religion and education on each other; the relevance of educational traditions in addressing (for instance) historical or exegetical issues; and the thoroughgoing importance of education to religious life across time and space in antiquity. Highly useful to scholars of religion, theology, classics and education, this volume affords a state of the art study on pedagogy and learning in ancient religious contexts"-- Résumé de l'éditeur "Religions and Education in Antiquity gathers ten essays on teaching and learning in the contexts of ancient Western religions, including Judaism, early Christianity and Gnostic Christian traditions. Beginning with an overview of religious education in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds, editor Alex Damm and the contributors together demonstrate the mutual influence of religion and education on each other; the relevance of educational traditions in addressing (for instance) historical or exegetical issues; and the thoroughgoing importance of education to religious life across time and space in antiquity. Highly useful to scholars of religion, theology, classics and education, this volume affords a state of the art study on pedagogy and learning in ancient religious contexts"-- Provided by publisher