Religion and education in the ancient Greek world / edited by Irene Salvo and Tanja Susanne Scheer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salvo, Irene, editor.

Scheer, Tanja Susanne, editor.

Series:

SERAPHIM, Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs ; 13.

SERAPHIM: Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious education--Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Religious education.

Religion.

History.

Greece--Religion--History--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

VIII, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2021]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. Introductions

Greek Religion and Education: Key Concepts and Aims / Tanja S. Scheer

Educating Citizens: Knowledge, Competence, and Values in Greek Poleis / Josine blok

II. Actors and Models

The Pedagogical Function of Cult Associations in Late Classical Athens

/ Irene Salvo

Female Role Models in the Hellenistic Period: The Evidence of Religious Norms / Eftychia Stavrianopoulou

Sacred Personnel as Role Models in the Post-classical Period / Marietta Horster

III. Performing Knowledge

Learning by Suffering? `Education' and `Religion' in Ancient Greek Theatre / Susanne Godde

Dancing Little Bears / Sophie Marianne Bocksberger

IV. Skills and Media

Conveying Religious Knowledge in Classical Athens: Imagery in Athenian Religious Discourse / Tanja S. Scheer

Greek Priestesses and Literacy / Aleksander Wolicki

Numeracy in the Sanctuary / Serafina Cuomo

V. Astrology, Philosophy, and Religion

Theon Hemerai: Astrology, the Planetary Week, and the Cult of the Seven Planets in the Graeco-Roman World / Ilaria Bultrighini

Statues as Theological Treatises: Porphyry's Approach in Peri agalmatdn in Context / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Dobler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783161598814

3161598814

OCLC:

1246144548

Publisher Number:

99988903781