Divine Pedagogy in Creation : An Enquity into the Roots of the Idea of Creation as an Act of Teaching in the School of Nisibis / Siby Kuriakose.

includes index and biblioraphy

One: Transmission of knowledge and tradition in judaism and early jewish-christianity ....19 1. Introduction .....19 2. Characteristics features of jewish education ....23 3. Jewish education transmission of tradition and knowledge .....25 Transmission of tradition and knowledge in torah .....25 Relation between hellenistic and jewish schools ....26 Jewish systems of teaching and learning ....28 Tradition the chief content of jewish education ....29 Pedagogical principles of memorization and interpretation ....29 4. Teaching and learning in the rabbinic judaism ....31 Development of concrete systems for the study of torah ....32 Rabbinic elementary teaching and students learning ....33 Rabbinic high schools and colleges ...34 Pharisees and popular pedagogy .....34 Teachers: Scripyural specialists and copysists .....35 The rabbis and memorization ....36 Teacher-student relationship dynamics in judaism .....36 Brevity and conciseness in jewish teaching and learning practice .....37 5. Role of priests in the transmission of knowledge in judaism .....38 Manifold functions of the priests in israel ....39 Teaching function of priests in judaism ....40 6. Role of prophets in the transmission of knowledge in judaism .....41 The general features of the schools of prophets ....42 Sons or disciples of the prophets ....43 The prophets and the interactive means of transmission .....44 Schools of the prophets and priests at the time o jesus ....45 Priests and prophets in jewish education: Similarities and differences ...46 7. Flavius josephus and philo of alexandria on jewish schools ....46 Flavius josephus .....46 Philo of alexandria .....50 8. Transmission of knowledge and tradition in the NT .....52 Jesus the teacher par excellence and the disciples his students ....53 Unique nature of jesus as the teacher par excellence .....53 Disciples in the school of jesus: Students turn into teachers ....55 9. Qumran documents on transmission of knowledge and tradition ....55 The role of the teacher in the qumran community .....56 The voice of the teacher ....57 The teacher as interpreter of the law ....58 10. Conclusion ....59 Two: Ancient near eastern,rabbinic and genesis understanding of divine pedagogy in creation .....63 1. Introduction ....63 2. Basic understandings of creation in the ANE traditions ....64 3. The rabbinic literature ....65 Doctrine of creation in pre-rabbinic literature ....69 Doctrine of creation in Classical rabbinic literature ....70 4. Creation accounts in the bible ....73 Genesis accounts of creation ....75 Account of creation in genesis 1.1-2.4 .....76 Meaning and significance of creation via words in genesis .....77 Hebrew verb forms: Jussive verb in the speech acts of god ....79 5. Angels in ancient religious and judaism ....80 6. The book of jubilees and its background ....84 Contents of the book of jubilees ....86 7. Conclusion ....90 Three: Early syriac understanding of divine pedagogy in creation I. Aphrahat and ephrem ....93 1. Introduction .....93 2. Aphrahat and ephrem: Important pillars of syriac christianity .....93 3. Aphrahat`s understanding of divine pedagogy in creation ....94 4. Ephrem`s understanding of divine pedagogy in creation ....106 5. Divine pedagogy as the theology of the way in ephrem and aphrahat .....120 6. Conclusion ....122 Four: Early syriac understanding of divine pedagogy in II: Theodore of mopsuestia and narsal ....125 1. Introduction .....125 2. The antiochene network ....126 3. Theodre of mopsuestia ....130 4. Posthumous legacy of theodore ....144 5. Creation divine pedagogy connect in theodore ....147 6. Narsai .....149 7. Conclusion .....157 Five: Divine pedagogy in creation in the cause ....161 1. Introduction .....161 2. The school of nisibis .....162 3. Creation divine pedagogy connect in the cause .....176 4. Conclusion ....198 Six: General conclusions ....203