Second Temple Jewish Paideia in Context.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Perspectives on Second Temple Jewish Paideia from the Fifth Nangeroni Meeting -- Jewish Education in Palestine -- Scribal Education in Ancient Israel and Judah into the Persian Period -- Jewish Education in Ben Sira -- Reassessing the Exclusivism of Ben Sira's Jewish Paideia -- The Formation of a Sage according to Ben Sira -- Students of God in the House of Torah: Education in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Jewish Education in the Diaspora -- Greek Paideia and the Jewish Community of Alexandria in the Letter of Aristeas -- The Testament of Orpheus, Aristobulus, and the Derveni Papyrus: Between "Didactic" Hymnography and Alexandrian Exegesis -- Discipline, Transmission, and Writing: Notes on Education in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- The School of Moses in Alexandria: An Attempt to Reconstruct the School of Philo -- Philo's Questions and the Adaptation of Greek Philosophical Curriculum -- Dissolving the Philosophy-Religion Dichotomy in the Context of Jewish Paideia: Wisdom of Solomon, 4 Maccabees, and Philo -- The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor -- Embodying the Ways in Christ: Paul's Teaching of the Nations -- Christians, Pagans, and the Politics of Paideia in Late Antiquity -- Jewish Education and Identity: Towards an Understanding of Second Temple Paideia -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.

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