REL 301 Ancient Near Eastern Religions & Cultures

Education

Reading questions for March 25 and 27:

As you read the assignment, consider the following issues:

1. Who got “educated” in antiquity? In what ways has the process and experience of education remained the same?

2. What kind of values and morality did scribal education try to impart? What kind of religious ideas?

3. Did education provide access to power? What kind of power?