Religions and education in antiquity : studies in honour of Michel Desjardins /

Religions and education in antiquity : studies in honour of Michel Desjardins /

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 world...

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Other Authors: Damm, Alex (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Series: Numen Book Series 160.
Numen Book Series Online, Supplement 2019, ISBN: 9789004395060.

Subjects:

Desjardins, Michel R. > (Michel Robert), > 1951-
Religious education > History.
Education, Ancient.
Festschriften.

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Call Number: BL42 .R437 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Religions and Education in Antiquity: An Introduction /
  • Alex Damm
  • 1 Wisdom from the Wise: Pedagogical Principles from Proverbs /
  • John L. McLaughlin
  • 2 Education in the Sacrospace of Qumran Judaism /
  • Wayne O. McCready
  • 3 Late Second Temple Judaism: A Reconstruction and Re-description as a Religio-Cultural System /
  • Jack N. Lightstone
  • 4 Techne in Plato and the New Testament /
  • Joseph A. Novak
  • 5 Why Not to Pity Rome: Revelation 18:22-23a in its Ancient Educational Context /
  • Alex Damm
  • 6 Those Who Hear: The Power of Learners in 1 Timothy /
  • Mona Tokarek LaFosse
  • 7 Translation Matters: The Coptic Translation of Thomas /
  • John Horman
  • 8 Pedagogy, Text and the Solitary Self in the Gospel of Thomas /
  • William Arnal
  • 9 Praises and Rebukes in the Gnostic Revelation Dialogues /
  • Michael Kaler
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Names and Subjects.