Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World
Philosophers, Jews and Christians
Price: $39.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-21766-8
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 8th June 2000
- Pages: 352
- Illustrations: 3 b+w photos
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About the Book
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. H. Gregory 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 attatchment to scripture.Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World will be of interest to students of classics, ancient history, the early Christian world and Jewish studies.