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Title: Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World: Philosophers, Jews and Christians Author: Snyder, H Gregory Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis; Publication Date: 2000 Hardcover; ISBN: 9780415217651 Volumes: 1; Pages: 352 List Price in Hardcover: $125.00 Our price: $125.00 (Add to Cart button is at the bottom of this page) Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive and accessible survey of religious and philosophical teaching and classroom practices in the ancient world. Snyder synthesizes a wide range of ancient evidence and modern scholarship to address such questions as how the literary practices of Jews and Christians compared to the literary practices of the philosophical schools and whether Christians were particularly noteworthy for their attachment to scripture. Reviews "... a helpful and very engaging book."--Fred Burnett, Anderson University Religious Studies Review, October 2002 Table of Contents Introduction 1. "Not subjects of a despot": Stoics 2. "Salvation through each other": Epicureans 3. A library lost and found: Peripatetics 4. Books beneath a plane 5. Jewish and Christian groups Part 1 Laws transcendent and dazzling: Philo of Alexandria Part 2 Books among the sons of light: Qumran Part 3 Texts and text-brokers: Judaism in Palestine Part 4 "Unless someone guides me": Christian groups General conclusions Appendix/What did Thaumasius want? Notes Bibliography |
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