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The standard education texts were the Mishna and later the Talmud and Gemora, all hand-written until invention of printing. However, significant emphasis was placed on developing good memory skills in addition to comprehension by practice of oral repetition. Basic education today is considered those skills that are necessary to function in society.
Historically, education for boys in yeshivas was primarily focused on the study of Jewish scriptures such as the Torah and Talmud, while girls obtained studies both in Jewish education as well as broader secular studies.
Where before the society’s educational needs had been served primarily by the tribe and the family, in this period education became universal for Jewish boys and men. Two great names are associated with Jewish education. In 75 B.C.E., Shimon ben-Shetach declared elementary education compulsory.
A periodic reading of a written covenant in addition to the recital of an oral tradition of sacred history were the distinctive features of the Hebrew religious education. If the laws specified man's duty, it was history that revealed God's concern.
Jewish Education From Ten to Fifteen: The Knowledgeable Jew. At age ten, the founders of our educational system determined, you need to know what to do if your ox gores someone else’s ox. Or walks through the market and smashes someone’s pottery with its tail.
The nature of Jewish education in the first century has clear relevance for a number of issues in NT interpretation. How did Jesus learn Torah—at home, at school? Could he even read and write? Were his disciples illiterates? Could Peter or John have written letters?
30 wrz 2014 · This article presents a survey of the recent research which has been making significant progress in examining scribal schools and education in ancient Israel. It specifically treats scholarly recourse to the extra-biblical data provided by epigraphic remains, and discusses the comparative potentials of the wider ancient world itself.
