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Athens' paideia
Classical Athenians competed for recognition and embraced the upper class's ideals of education and excellence.
The Bible's model was different.
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It wasn't upward mobility or elites adopting a foreign tradition, like Romans learning Greek, but sharing a people's own heritage with all.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 226
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