Schools in the world of Jesus
There is considerable agreement in studies on education in first-century Palestine that there was widespread, organised and compulsory elementary schooling in the Jewish communities with very high levels of literacy. This article questions such a depiction. The major literary references usually empl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1999, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 225-259 |
| Further subjects: | B
Anthrolopology
B Theology B Archaeology B Was the synagogue a school B First century jewish education B Literary evidence B Christianity |
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| Summary: | There is considerable agreement in studies on education in first-century Palestine that there was widespread, organised and compulsory elementary schooling in the Jewish communities with very high levels of literacy. This article questions such a depiction. The major literary references usually employed in such portrayals are analysed; reference to the lack of archaeological evidence is made and the simplified and naive understanding of ancient education is questioned. The conclusions are that most studies misrepresent first-century Jewish education. In such studies literary evidence is used fundamentalistically; the diversity and complexity of early Judaism(s) are ignored and anachronistic and ethnocentric concepts are used to serve apologetic and ideological needs. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_496 |