Multiple Teachers in Biblical Texts [Paperback]

On the one hand there is a hot discussion on learning nowadays. On theother hand, in theological research, the interest in initiation andmystagogy as an ongoing process of learning, has been studied for thepast decades: the initiated one is taught and he/she is therefore partof a teacher-disciple-process. This evokes the question whetherrelations and communication, especially between teacher and pupil, canbe found in the Bible as well. Either implicitly or explicitly, theroles of teacher and disciple are a part of biblical traditions,although often neglected in biblical exegesis. This volume explores theroles of teacher and disciple from a textual perspective. Variousbiblical texts from the Torah, the Psalms, the Prophets, the WisdomLiterature, the Gospels, and the Letters as well as the RabbinicLiterature are dealt with. A reflection on religious teachers from theperspective of biblical teaching and discipleship concludes this volume.