This volume explores educational practices within the three major monotheistic religions
cultures traditions and languages. Through case studies the contributors illustrate how
Jewish Christian and Islamic traditions shaped educational ideals fostered scholarly
communities and guided students through structured curricula. They examine the role of
literate elites in transmitting classical knowledge and patristic authority and how
pedagogical legacies contributed to spiritual development and responded to social and religious
crises. Aimed at scholars of history religion and humanities students and general readers
this collection of essays offers valuable insights into the enduring and evolving nature of
pedagogical values across diverse historical contexts and features profiles of influential
educators such as rabbis church fathers exegetes mystics jurists and polymaths.
