GOD EDUCATOR OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. OLD TESTAMENT ASPECTS
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14860406Keywords:
God Educator, Jewish People, Old Testament, Holy Scripture, identityAbstract
God Educator of the Jewish People. Old Testament Aspects.
Education is a fundamental theme in Jewish culture. In the Old Testament we find didactic and pedagogical ideas expressed in different ways, e.g. in the figurative language of parables, regarding wisdom texts, etc. The Holy Scripture reveals a creative God who transformed a tribe of nomads into an organized people through a long process of education. In order to contemplate God as the educator of the Jewish people, several perspectives can be followed, but we will limit ourselves to presenting a few ideas that are related to education in the biblical context of ancient Israel, God’s Pedagogy in the Bible and Divine Pedagogy which is the foundation for the education of children and young people today. The perspectives of Old Testament concerning to religious education are as relevant today as they were then, in the time of the patriarchs, kings or Old Testament prophets.
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