Reassessing the Exclusivism of Ben Sira’s Jewish Paideia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction: Perspectives on Second Temple Jewish Paideia from the Fifth Nangeroni Meeting 1
4. Jewish Education in Palestine
5. Scribal Education in Ancient Israel and Judah into the Persian Period 11
6. Jewish Education in Ben Sira 29
7. Reassessing the Exclusivism of Ben Sira’s Jewish Paideia 47
8. The Formation of a Sage according to Ben Sira 59
9. Students of God in the House of Torah: Education in the Dead Sea Scrolls 71
10. Jewish Education in the Diaspora
11. Greek Paideia and the Jewish Community of Alexandria in the Letter of Aristeas 93
12. The Testament of Orpheus, Aristobulus, and the Derveni Papyrus: Between “Didactic” Hymnography and Alexandrian Exegesis 113
13. Discipline, Transmission, and Writing: Notes on Education in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 131
14. The School of Moses in Alexandria: An Attempt to Reconstruct the School of Philo 141
15. Philo’s Questions and the Adaptation of Greek Philosophical Curriculum 167
16. Dissolving the Philosophy-Religion Dichotomy in the Context of Jewish Paideia: Wisdom of Solomon, 4 Maccabees, and Philo 185
17. The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor 205
18. Embodying the Ways in Christ: Paul’s Teaching of the Nations 239
19. Christians, Pagans, and the Politics of Paideia in Late Antiquity 255
20. Jewish Education and Identity: Towards an Understanding of Second Temple Paideia 267
21. Index of Modern Authors 279
22. Index of Ancient Sources 285