RebeccaI understand now how the ancient world saw literacy differently- how an educated person might read well but still hire a scribe to do the writing.
Because I started doing some of this Greek practice by hand, and... I feel four years old again.
Devesh 💠@WordyAnchorite do you know greek?
@Dev08 No, I'm just starting to learn Biblical Greek. My reading is way ahead of my writing, though.
@WordyAnchorite biblical greek is different from original?
@Dev08 Every language is different across time and space.
The Greek used in the Bible (Koine Greek) is a few centuries older than classical Greek. It's like the difference between Shakespeare's English and modern English.
Deborah Makarios@WordyAnchorite I remember being surprised that the first Sunday Schools (for children who worked the other six days of the week) taught them to read and do basic maths, but not to write.
Largely, I think, because being literate and numerate are the key skills for not being cheated by your employer.
Needless to say, Sunday Schools were not popular with the employing class. On at least one occasion Hannah More and her sister had to leave town in a hurry to avoid violence.
#education #history #HannahMore #SundaySchool
Largely, I think, because being literate and numerate are the key skills for not being cheated by your employer.
Needless to say, Sunday Schools were not popular with the employing class. On at least one occasion Hannah More and her sister had to leave town in a hurry to avoid violence.
#education #history #HannahMore #SundaySchool