Jewish Education in the Time of Christ: The Synagogue-Rabbi System (2)

The Pre-Talmudic School.  We cannot speak with as much certainty of the elementary school during the time of Christ’s childhood as we can of later periods.  For just about the only authority afforded us is the Jewish Mishnah, the first part of the Talmud, which is not older than 200 A.D. It is probably safe however, if we use caution, to assume that some of the methods there described as being of long standing may have been extant in the first century.  It is more than probable that our Lord...