Clay Tablets Reveal How Babylonian Students Learned About Their Gods
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Clay tablets reveal how Babylonian students learned about their gods
When it came to religious education in ancient Babylonia, in what is now Iraq, students had a lot to learn, ranging from the names of gods to their divine characteristics. A new study published in the journal Iraq has taken a deep dive into ancient texts and surviving clay tablets to find out just how these traditions were taught in the classroom.
How Babylonian students learned about hundreds of gods without a religion class | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Babylonian students learned about gods, temples, rituals, and proper conduct as part of training as scribes and specialists. A new study shows religious teaching was woven into the school curriculum rather than taught as a separate subject. The study examines education in Neo-Babylonian and Late Babylonian Babylonia. Students copied texts for writing skills, while exercises […]
A new study published in Iraq magazine analyzes how religious education in ancient Babylon shaped the formation of scribes, without the presence of formal classes dedicated to the teaching of the gods.
That an entire empire could function without a single kind of religion sounds, seen from today, almost impossible. And yet Babylon educated the children of her most wealthy families two thousand and five hundred years ago: there was not an hour a week dedicated to the gods, nor a textbook that would make [...]
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