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Below you find part 3 of a long article, titled:<\/p>\n
The Jewish Cultural Nature of Galilee in the First Century<\/a><\/p>\n Because of its\u00a0length it is devided in three parts. Here you find the third and last part, with:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We shall now turn to the evidence of Torah study in Galilee, whether in small groups of pupils or among the public at large. In the talmudic tradition there are very few references from the Second Temple period to public Torah study outside Jerusalem, apart from the context of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue. <\/a>Yet there undoubtedly was study by groups of pupils, and teachers and pupils, throughout the Land of Israel. Evidence of this is found in an early saying by one of the first Pairs of Sages: \u201cLet your house be a meeting place for the sages, and sit amidst the dust of their feet\u201d (Avot 1:4).<\/p>\n There are very few hints to the existence of a permanent academy outside Jerusalem during the Temple period. One hint comes in a portion of Sifrei Zuta from the Genizah, which mentions \u201cEdomite pupils from Beit Shammai,\u201d i.e., ones who resided in the South.1<\/sup><\/a>A portion from the Genizah published by Y.N. Epstein in Tarbiz 1 (1930), 70. See ibid., n. 17, and the introduction, pp. 52-53.<\/span><\/span>
\nSee also part 1, Introduction<\/strong><\/a> and part 2, Sages in Galilee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n
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Torah Study in Galilee<\/h1>\n
Permanent Academies<\/h2>\n