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Jewish Paideia : Education and Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora
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Jewish Paideia examines the diverse and complex views on education in the Hellenistic and early Roman Diaspora and how these understandings of education were inextricably bound to continually evolv...
Jewish Paideia examines the diverse and complex views on education in the Hellenistic and early Roman Diaspora and how these understandings of education were inextricably bound to continually evolving constructions and reshapings of self- and communal identity.
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- English
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- Minneapolis, Minnesota : 1517 Media, 2023
- ©2023
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- 1 online resource (482 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781506481784, 1506481787, 9781506481777
- OCLC
- on1399164570
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Discussing Education -- 1. The Septuagint Expansion through the Lens of Translation -- 2. The Letter of Aristeas Paideia as Dialogue -- 3. Philo of Alexandria Education in the Natural Order of the Universe -- 4. The Wisdom of Solomon Suffering, Death, and the Divine Paideia of Humankind -- 5. The Fourth Book of Maccabees Jewish Law as Paideia and Askesis for the Agon of the Soul -- Conclusion Shaping Identity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Ancient Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index