Colonial Education and Class Formation in Early Judaism - A Postcolonial Reading

Zusammenfassung History reveals that colonizers effectively made use of education as a device to propagate their cultural values, ethos and lifestyle among the colonized. This title explores the role of the colonial education system in ancient times and the more recent British colonial era in India through diverse texts and numerous critical lenses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. Early Jewish Society and Classes  Chapter 2. Introduction to Postcolonial Reading and Historiography Introduction Chapter 3. Historical Overview of Third and Second Centuries BCE Chapter 4. Hellenism and Material Culture in Israel Chapter 5. Hellenistic Education and Early Judaism Chapter 6. British Education in Colonial India and Class Formation Chapter 7. Education and Class Formation in Ancient and Modern Societies  Bibliography

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• Authors: Royce M Victor, Royce M. Victor, VICTOR ROYCE M
• Assisted by: Lester L. Grabbe (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780567247193
• ISBN: 978-0-567-24719-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Library of Second Temple Studi; Library of Second Temple Studi; The Library of Second Temple Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Education, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Colonialism and imperialism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis