{"product_id":"religions-and-education-in-antiquity-studies-in-honour-of-michel-desjardins-9789004384439","title":"Religions and Education in Antiquity: Studies in Honour of Michel Desjardins","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligions 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scholars of ancient and late antique adult instruction find interesting conversation partners in this stimulating volume.\"  - Monika Amsler, University of Maryland\/University of Zürich, Zeitschrift für Religions-Wissenschaft 27.2, 2019.    \"The present collection of essays is a worthwhile contribution toward the future realization of such a comprehensive overview. Further, in accordance with the twofold expertise of its dedicatee Michel Desjardins, the Festschrift not only offers theoretical insights into the history of ancient religious education but also contains practical didactical ideas that can be helpful to teachers as they prepare their classes, lectures, or seminars.\"  - Boris Paschke, Royal Athenaeum Emanuel Hiel, Belgium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments  Abbreviations  Notes on Contributors  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210762510679,"sku":"9789004384439","price":133.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religions-and-education-in-antiquity-studies-in-honour-of-michel-desjardins-9789004384439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}