Table of Contents:
  • Textuality, orality, and the shaping of the ancient mind
  • Early examples of textuality and education in the Near East and Mediterranean. Ancient Mesopotamia : the earliest and best-documented textual/educational system ; The influence of Mesopotamia ; Egyptian education and textuality ; Alphabetically based textuality and education in ancient Greece ; Textuality and education in ancient Israel
  • Textuality and education in the eastern Hellenistic world. Education and textuality in the Hellenistic world : Egypt and other examples of Hellenistic hybridity ; Temple- and priest-centered textuality and education in Hellenistic Judaism ; Qumran as a window into early Jewish education and textuality ; Synagogue, Sabbath, and scripture : new forms of Hellenistic Jewish textuality and education beyond the Temple ; The origins of scripture as a Hellenistic-style anti-Hellenistic curriculum ; Concluding reflections on the Hellenistic shaping of Jewish scripture : from Temple to synagogue and church ; Conclusion.