Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 305 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

1. "In this new study, distinguished biblical scholar James L. Crenshaw investigates both the pragmatic hows and the philosophical whys of education in ancient Israel and its surroundings. Asking questions as basic as "Who were the teachers and students, and from what segment of Israelite society did they come?" and "How did instructors interest young people in the things they had to say?," Crenshaw considers the institutions and practices of the ancient Israelite educational system. He also examines the beginnings of literacy in the Ancient Near East, explores how Israel and its neighbors made the transformation from an oral to a written culture, and explores the literary works that constituted the canon of this distant culture."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. The Anchor Bible reference library

Uniform title

1. Anchor Bible reference library

Subject

1. To 70
2. Geschichte Anfänge-70
3. Jews > Education > History
4. Jews > History > To 70 A.D
5. 11.42 history of Old Testament times
6. Jews
7. Jews > Education
8. Erziehung
9. Juden
10. Opvoeding
11. Oudheid
12. Juden

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Literacy -- The contemplative life -- Schools in ancient Israel -- The acquisition of knowledge -- Resistance to learning -- The missing voice -- Language for intellectual achievement -- A literary canon -- Knowledge as human discovery and as divine gift -- Probing the unknown : knowledge and the sacred.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-290) and index.