Religions and Education in Antiquity

Alex Damm, Ph.D. (2010), University of Toronto, is Instructor in Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is author of Ancient Rhetoric and the Synoptic Problem (2013) and editor of Gandhi in a Canadian Context (2016).Contributors are: William Arnal, Alex Damm, John Horman, Michael Kaler, Jack N. Lightstone, Wayne O. McCready, John L. McLaughlin, Joseph A. Novak, Mona Tokarek LaFosse.

"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.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsReligions and Education in Antiquity: An IntroductionAlex Damm1 Wisdom from the Wise: Pedagogical Principles from ProverbsJohn L. McLaughlin2 Education in the Sacrospace of Qumran JudaismWayne O. McCready3 Late Second Temple Judaism: A Reconstruction and Re-description as a Religio-Cultural SystemJack N. Lightstone4 Techne in Plato and the New TestamentJoseph A. Novak5 Why Not to Pity Rome: Revelation 18:22-23a in its Ancient Educational ContextAlex Damm6 Those Who Hear: The Power of Learners in 1 TimothyMona Tokarek LaFosse7 Translation Matters: The Coptic Translation of ThomasJohn Horman8 Pedagogy, Text and the Solitary Self in the Gospel of ThomasWilliam Arnal9 Praises and Rebukes in the Gnostic Revelation DialoguesMichael KalerIndex